Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
standing statue; standing image
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants
the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); hannya; mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
two-storied gate; tower gate
design; idea; conception; plan
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
stupa; pagoda; wooden grave tablet
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
group; bunch; crowd; group