Hosho Nyorai

A form of Hōshō Nyorai — The Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Hōshō Nyorai.

    On the left is Shaku Nyorai, the founder of Buddhism. Behind them is visible only a part of the halos of the other two: of Hosho Nyorai, controlling the life of all things with the power to bestow the enjoyment of life; and of Amida Nyorai, an ideal of boundless light.

    1918 April, Harada Jiro, “The Koyasan Monastery and Its Art Treasures”, in The Open Court, volume 32, number 4 (743), →OCLC, page 206
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