沙門

しゃもん さもん

shramana (wandering monk)

天門冬

てんもんどう

dried Chinese asparagus root

応天門

おうてんもん おうでんもん

main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound

荼毘

だび

cremation

沙

しゃ さ

one hundred-millionth

応天門の変

おうてんもんのへん

Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace)

天安門事件

てんあんもんじけん

Tiananmen Square Incident, Tiananmen Square Massacre

金毘羅

こんぴら

guardian deity of seafaring, Kumbhira

沙穀

サゴ

sago (edible sago palm starch)

沙虫

いさごむし

caddis worm, caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)

沙煙

さえん

haze near the water

沙弥

しゃみ さみ さや

male Buddhist novice

沙蚕

ごかい

ragworm, sandworm, clam worm (Hediste)

秋沙

あいさ あきさ アイサ

merganser (any duck of genus Mergus)

沙汰

さた

affair, state, incident, issue, matter

沙羅

しゃら さら

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta), saul

長沙

ちょうさ

Changsha (China)

毘盧遮那

びるしゃな

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

阿毘達磨

あびだつま

texts that contain detailed reworkings of the buddhist sutras