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    3. 灌頂

    灌頂

    灌かん頂じょう

    baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab31 strokes

    かんじょうかんちょう

    Noun

    1.
    baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood
    Buddhism
    2.
    baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)
    Buddhism
    3.
    pouring water onto a gravestone
    Buddhism
    4.
    teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

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    Kanji that make up this word

    灌
    そそ.ぐ…(1)
    pour
    頂
    いただ.く・いただき…(1)
    place on the head・receive・top of head・top・summit…(1)
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