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).

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])
• 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”)