Where does “阿閦如来” come from?

阿閦如来 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 如来, from Middle Chinese にょらい.

阿閦如来 (Japanese): Akṣobhya as the Eastern Buddha and one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas

Definitions

  1. Akṣobhya as the Eastern Buddha and one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas

Ancestry of “阿閦如来”, step by step

阿閦如来 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 如来

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese如来a buddha
2Middle Chineseにょらい—

via Japanese 阿閦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese阿閦Akṣobhya

Words derived from “阿閦如来”

Every word from Middle Chinese にょらい →Every word from Japanese 如来 →