唵阿毘羅吽欠

Japanese
Kanji in this term
唵 阿 毘 羅 吽 欠
おん
Hyōgaiji		 あ
Jinmeiyō		 び
Jinmeiyō		 ら
Grade: S		 うん
Hyōgaiji		 けん
Grade: 4
goon kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit ॐ अविरहूम्खम् (oṃ avirahūmkham).[1]

Equivalent to a phrase compound of 唵(おん) (on, “om”) + 阿毘羅吽欠(あびらうんけん) (a-bi-ra-un-ken, “a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おんあびらう​んけん [òń ábíráúꜜǹkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [õ̞ɰ̃ a̠bʲiɾa̠ɯ̟̃ᵝŋkẽ̞ɴ]

Phrase

唵(おん)阿(あ)毘(び)羅(ら)吽(うん)欠(けん) • (on a-bi-ra-un-ken) 

  1. (Buddhism) oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ: an incantation directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahavairocana”)

See also
  • 阿(あ)毘(び)羅(ら)吽(うん)欠(けん)蘇婆訶(そわか) (a-bi-ra-un-ken sowaka, “a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ svāhā”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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