阿毘羅吽欠

あびらうんきゃん

mantra directed to Mahavairocana

吽形

うんぎょう

closed-mouthed form (statue with closed mouth, symbolizing the "um" half of "aum")

阿

first Sanskrit alphabet letter

阿比

あび アビ おもねひ

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿母

あぼ あも

mother

阿鼻

あび

avici (lowest level of hell)

阿檀

あだん アダン

screw pine (Pandanus fascicularis), pandanus palm, pandanus fruit

阿諛

あゆ

flattery

阿波

Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

阿叔

おとおじ

uncle (one's father's younger brother)

阿父

あふ

father

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿代

あしろ アシロ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿字

あじ

the letter a (in esoteric Buddhism)

阿膠

あきょう

donkey hide gelatin; ejiao; high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides

阿呆

あほう あほ アホ

fool, simpleton, idiot

阿魏

あぎ アギ

asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)

阿る

おもねる

to flatter

阿片

あへん アヘン

opium