不動明王

Chinese

		motionless	enlightened sage
trad. (不動明王)		不動	明王
simp. (不动明王)		不动	明王

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit अचलनाथ विद्याराज (acalanātha vidyārāja).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bùdòng Míngwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bùdòng Míngwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bùdòng Míngwáng
  - Wade–Giles: Pu⁴-tung⁴ Ming²-wang²
  - Yale: Bù-dùng Míng-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Budonq Mingwang
  - Palladius: Будун Минван (Budun Minvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

不動明王

(Buddhism) Acala अचल (acala), a deity associated with Vajrayana Buddhism.

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “不動明王” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	動	明	王
ふ Grade: 4	どう Grade: 3	みょう Grade: 2	おう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟do̞ː mʲo̞ːo̞ː]

Proper noun

不(ふ)動(どう)明(みょう)王(おう) • (Fudō Myōō)

(religion, Buddhism) a guardian deity primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism as the principal of the Five Wisdom Kings, known outside of Japan by his Sanskrit name, अचल (acala)

Coordinate terms

The 五大明王 (Go Dai Myōō, “Five Wisdom Kings”) and associated directions are:

大威德明王 (だいいとくみょうおう, Daiitoku Myōō): west
降三世明王 (ごうざんぜんみょうおう, Gōzanze Myōō): east
不動明王 (Fudō Myōō): center
不空成就如来 (金剛夜叉明王, Kongō Yasha Myōō): north
軍荼利明王 (ぐんだりみょうおう, Gundari Myōō): south

See also

不動明王 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Acala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Five Wisdom Kings on Wikipedia.Wikipedia