idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth); Garua
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes; person or creature with a beautiful voice
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
god of food (esp. of rice)
Akasha (ether in traditional Hindu cosmology)
image of the recumbent Buddha
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
god of food (esp. of rice)
Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants
Karak (ancient Korean confederacy); Kaya
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
sugar apple; sweetsop (fruit)
kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes; person or creature with a beautiful voice
Kassapa Buddha; Kasyapa Buddha; Kashyapa Buddha
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances
Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances
Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances
fool; person beneath one's contempt
god of food (esp. of rice)
god of food (esp. of rice)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
theriac (antidote to poison)
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo
Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)
Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)
mahoraga (protectors of Buddhism depicted as giant serpents)
Dragon King Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
Dragon King Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)