灌頂(かんじょう)baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood, , baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism), pouring water onto a gravestone, teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

Noun

1. 1.

   baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

   Buddhism

2. 2.

   baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)

   Buddhism

3. 3.

   pouring water onto a gravestone

   Buddhism

4. 4.

   teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)