Onakatomi Kyo - Onakatomi Kyo

…A Ryobu Shinto book created in the Kamakura period. Nakatomi-harai refers to the Oharae no Kotoba (Great Purification Prayer) included in the Engishiki and Chono Gunzai, but towards the end of the Heian period it was also called Nakatomi-no-saimon (Nakatomi's Prayer Text) or Onakatomi-kyo (Great Nakatomi's Sutra), and opportunities to recite it before the gods increased. Nakatomi-harai Chusho was first created as a commentary on it, and then this book was created that takes the standpoint of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism and explains Ryobu Shinto in the form of a commentary on Nakatomi-harai. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Onakatomi no Tsune" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…鎌倉時代に作られた両部神道書。中臣祓は《延喜式》や《朝野群載》に収める大祓詞（おおはらえのことば）のことだが，平安末期は中臣祭文（なかとみのさいもん）とか大中臣経ともよばれて，神前で読誦される機会がふえた。その注釈書として《中臣祓注抄》がまず作られ，さらに真言密教の立場に立ち，中臣祓の注釈という形をとって両部神道を説く本書が現れた。…

※「大中臣経」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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