Definitions for shingon

shingon Shin·gon

Spelling: [shin-gon, sheen-]
IPA: /ˈʃɪn gɒn, ˈʃin-/

Shingon is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in shingon (ghinnos).

Definitions for shingon

noun

  1. a Japanese form of syncretistic Buddhism founded in the 9th century by Kūkai (a.d. 774–835) and stressing the oral transmission of mystic formulas from master to disciple.

Origin of shingon

1895-1900; Japanese Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zhēnyán truth(-speaking)

Examples for shingon

In Shingon there is a whole series of doctrines and beliefs and practices; so in Zen, so in every other sect.

A friend has furnished me with some very curious and unfamiliar Shingon texts containing answers to the enigma.

The Shingon sect in Japan depict benevolent deities in a raging form, Funnu.

In one community, where there were two priests, one Tendai and the other Shingon, neither seemed to count for much.

"I perceive with regret that you are not of the Shingon sect," remarked the priest.

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