灌頂

かんじょう, かんちょうkanjou

noun

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

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