| | esoteric | (เอสซะเทอ'ริค) adj. ลึกลับ, ลับเฉพาะ, ซึ่งรู้เฉพาะไม่กี่คน, ซึ่งรู้ในวงจำกัด., Syn. profound |
| | | | | | 真言宗 | [しんごんしゅう, shingonshuu] (n) Shingon (Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eighth century) #7,617 [Add to Longdo] | | 奥義 | [おうぎ;おくぎ, ougi ; okugi] (n) secrets; mysteries; esoterica; hidden purpose #16,120 [Add to Longdo] | | 密教 | [みっきょう, mikkyou] (n, adj-no) Mikkyou; secret religious transmissions; Esoteric Buddhist teachings #16,642 [Add to Longdo] | | 大宝 | [たいほう;だいほう, taihou ; daihou] (n) (1) great treasure; (2) Taihou era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihou era; (3) (obsc) { Buddh } great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); (4) (obsc) { Buddh } (See 護摩壇) homa-mandala (fire altar) #18,918 [Add to Longdo] | | 阿字 | [あじ, aji] (n) the letter a (in esoteric Buddhism) [Add to Longdo] | | 愛染 | [あいぜん, aizen] (n) (1) { Buddh } being drawn to something one loves; amorous passion; (2) (abbr) (See 愛染明王) Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love) [Add to Longdo] | | 愛染明王 | [あいぜんみょうおう, aizenmyouou] (n) { Buddh } Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love) [Add to Longdo] | | 奥義書 | [おうぎしょ, ougisho] (n) esoteric writings; Upanishad (sacred Hindu treatises) [Add to Longdo] | | 奥義秘伝 | [おうぎひでん, ougihiden] (n) secrets; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.) [Add to Longdo] | | 奥伝 | [おくでん, okuden] (n) esoteric [Add to Longdo] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Esoteric \Es`o*ter"ic\ ([e^]s`[-o]*t[e^]"[i^]k), a. [Gr.
'eswteriko`s, fr. 'esw`teros inner, interior, comp. fr. 'e`sw
in, within, fr. 'es, e'is, into, fr. 'en in. See {In}.]
1. Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated
alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the
general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic;
-- said of discussions of technical topics and of the
private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of
philosophers. Opposed to {exoteric}.
[1913 Webster]
Enough if every age produce two or three critics of
this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to
understand them. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select;
confidential; as, an esoteric purpose; an esoteric
meeting.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Esoteric \Es`o*ter"ic\, n. (Philos.)
(a) An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy;
esoterics.
(b) One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric
doctrines or rites.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
esoteric
adj 1: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened
inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical
theories" [ant: {exoteric}]
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