摩訶

まか

maha (great)

摩訶不思議

まかふしぎ

mysterious, profound mystery

摩訶婆羅多

マハーバーラタ

Mahabharata (Sanskrit Hindu epic, circa 400 CE)

止観

しかん

Tendai

摩訶毘盧遮那

まかびるしゃな

mahavairocana (buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)

静止摩擦

static friction

薩婆訶

そわか

svāhā; well said; so be it

観

かん

spectacle, sight

摩羅

まら

obstacle to Buddhist practice

摩耗

まもう

wear, abrasion

志摩

Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)

摩る

さする

to pat, to stroke

減摩

げんま

reduction in friction, lubrication

摩滅

まめつ

defacement, abrasion, wear and tear, crushing of a nerve

護摩

ごま

buddhist rite of burning cedar sticks before an idol to ask for blessings

揣摩

conjecture; guess; surmise; speculation

摩尼

まに

Cintamani stone, wish-fulfilling jewel

摩擦

まさつ

friction, rubbing, rubdown, chafe

薩摩

さつま

Satsuma (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture)