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大日

大日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
にち
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

大日 (hiragana だいにち, romaji dainichi, alternative reading たいにち, romaji tainichi)

  1. (religion, Buddhism) Short for 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, Dainichi Nyorai, the sun Buddha).

Derived terms

  • 大日経
  • 大日経疏
  • 大日供
  • 大日堂

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

大日 (daeil) (hangeul 대일)

  1. Hanja form? of 대일, “the sun Buddha”.