"大日如来" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [da̠iɲ̟it͡ɕi ɲ̟o̞ɾa̠i] Forms: 大日如来 [canonical] (ruby: (だい), (にち), (にょ), (らい)), Dainichi Nyorai [romanization]
Etymology: 大日 (Dainichi, literally “great sun”) is a calque of Sanskrit महावैरोचन (Mahāvairocana), while 如来 (nyorai, literally “thus going”) is a calque of Sanskrit तथागत (tathāgata, literally “thus coming and going”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja||alt1=大日|lit1=great sun|sort=たいにちによらい'|tr1=Dainichi}} 大日 (Dainichi, literally “great sun”), {{calque|ja|sa|महावैरोचन|nocap=1|sort=たいにちによらい'|tr=Mahāvairocana}} calque of Sanskrit महावैरोचन (Mahāvairocana), {{calque|ja|sa|तथागत|lit=thus coming and going|nocap=1|tr=tathāgata}} calque of Sanskrit तथागत (tathāgata, literally “thus coming and going”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|だいにち にょらい}} 大(だい)日(にち)如(にょ)来(らい) • (Dainichi Nyorai)
  1. (Shingon Buddhism) Vairocana (or Mahāvairocana) as the sun Buddha, the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of emptiness (sunyata), and one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas Wikipedia link: Daijisen, Shogakukan, Tōkyō, Vairocana, ja:大日如来, ja:大辞林, ja:大辞泉, ja:松村明, tathāgata Categories (topical): Buddhas, Buddhism Synonyms: 大日, 毘盧遮那仏 Coordinate_terms: 阿弥陀如来 (english: Amitābha; Amida Nyorai) [West], 阿閦如来 (Ashuku Nyorai, east) (english: Akṣobhya), 不空成就如来 (Fukūjōju Nyorai, north) (english: Amoghasiddhi), 宝生如来 (Hōshō Nyorai, south) (english: Ratnasambhava)

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