金剛乗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金 剛 乗
こん
Grade: 1 		ごう
Grade: S 		じょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
金剛乘 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 金剛乘 / 金刚乘 (Jīngāngchéng), itself a calque of Sanskrit वज्रयान (vajrayāna, literally “Diamond Vehicle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こんごーじょー [kòńgóójóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋɡo̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

金(こん)剛(ごう)乗(じょう) • (Kongōjō) 

  1. (Buddhism) Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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