The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (659 page)

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Dhy
ni-Buddhas
(Meditation Buddhas)
.
Term coined by B. H. Hodgson, early 19th-cent. British diplomat in Nepal, to describe the jinas (‘eminent ones’) who appear in a
tantric
context in the
Ma
ala
of the Five Jinas. Although the term ‘Dhy
ni-Buddhas’ does not seem to occur in any Buddhist literature (other than
Dharmako
asamgraha
written by Vajr
c
rya Am
t
nanda in 1826 at the request of Hodgson), it has nevertheless been widely adopted by W. commentators.
Diaconate
.
Pertaining to, or belonging to, the order of
deacon
.

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