- 1. [n] {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood
- 2. [n] {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)
- 3. [n] {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone
- 4. [n] teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)