Iyanaga, N.

Iyanaga, N. on the DRL

Authors of French Works • Translators

Nobumi Iyanaga

English Phonetics	Nobumi Iyanaga
Sort Name	Iyanaga, Nobumi
Japanese Script	彌永信美

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Biographical Information

Nobumi Iyanaga [彌永信美] is an independent scholar based in Tokyo. He was a collaborator of the Hōbōgirin 法寶義林, French dictionary of Buddhist terms based on Chinese and Japanese sources. His area of interest is in the mythology of Buddhist deities. He has published articles on Daijizaiten (Maheśvara), Daikokuten (Mahākāla) and Dakiniten (ḍākinī) (in French), and in 2002, the book entitled 大黒天変相 - 仏経神話学 I [Variations on the theme of Mahākāla - Buddhist Mythology, I], and another book 觀音変容譚 - 仏経神話学 II [Metamorphisis of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara - Buddhist Mythology, II]. He has contributed entries to the DDB related to deities and the texts that deal with deities. [12/16/2002] (Source Accessed Sep 1, 2021)

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A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to Buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have Bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses.