The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1316 page)

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Kovazim
(collections)
:
Kow-tow
(obeisance)
:
see
KOTOW
.
K
ya
(Japanese Buddhist)
:
see
K
YA
.
K
ya, Mount
(Jap., K
yasan).
Site of a Buddhist monastic complex of the
Shingon
sect in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Long considered by ascetics as a sacred mountain, Mount K
ya was selected in 816 by
K
kai
as a site for establishing a monastic community and is currently home to over 110 associated temples.

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