Word Meaning 三昧耶戒

さんまやかい sammayakai

三昧耶戒 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

  1. 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

  • 三摩耶戒 さんまやかい sammayakai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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三昧耶

さんまや

equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)

三昧耶形

さんまやぎょう

object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life

三昧耶曼荼羅

さんまやまんだら

samya mandala (in Shingon)

三戒

さんかい

three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral)

三昧

さんまい

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

一行三昧

いちぎょうざんまい

complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer)

自由三昧

じゆうざんまい

free

放蕩三昧

ほうとうざんまい

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures

悪行三昧

あくぎょうざんまい

committing every evil

読書三昧

どくしょざんまい

being absorbed in reading

風流三昧

ふうりゅうざんまい

taking delight in elegant pursuits

念仏三昧

ねんぶつざんまい

being deep in prayer