伝法灌頂
でんぼうかんじょう
consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
Word Meaning 灌頂
かんじょう
kanjou
灌頂 is read as かんじょう (kanjou) and means baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism).
Meaning
English
- baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)
- baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood
- pouring water onto a gravestone
- teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
Reading
Kana
かんじょう
Romaji
kanjou
Writing Variants
- 灌頂 かんちょう kanchou