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

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• 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

1. (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

不動明王 depicted seated on a throne, wielding a flaming sword and a noose or pāśa.

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) 

1. (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