Yama-râja (English spelling)

Japanese: Yama-râja(英語表記)Yamaraja
Yama-râja (English spelling)

…In the Nara period, it was written as King Enra, and occasionally as King Enma (Nihon Ryōiki). Enra is an abbreviation of Yamarāja, meaning King Enma. This is probably based on the Sutra on the Five Angels of King Enra or the Sutra on the Presentment of King Enra for the Four Groups of People to Be Reborn in the Seven Pure Lands. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Yama-râja" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…奈良時代には閻羅王と書かれ,まれに閻魔国とも書かれている(《日本霊異記》)。閻羅は閻魔羅闍(えんまらじや)Yama‐râjaの略で,閻魔王の意味である。これは《仏説閻羅王五天使経》または《閻羅王授記四衆逆修生七往生浄土経》に拠ったものであろう。…

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