Word Meaning 三摩耶戒

さんまやかい sammayakai

三摩耶戒 is read as さんまやかい (sammayakai) and means precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism).

Meaning

English

precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)

Reading

Kana

さんまやかい

Romaji

sammayakai

Writing Variants

三昧耶戒 さんまやかい sammayakai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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三戒

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三昧耶曼荼羅

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三塁

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三振

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三塁打

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three-base hit

三塁手

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third baseman

三冠馬

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winner of Japan's three main horse races

三佐

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三重奏

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