The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1316 page)

Authors: John Bowker

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Kovazim
(collections)
:

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Kow-tow
(obeisance)
:

see
KOTOW
.

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ya
(Japanese Buddhist)
:

see
K

YA
.

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ya, Mount
(Jap., K

yasan).

Site of a Buddhist monastic complex of the
Shingon
sect in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Long considered by ascetics as a sacred mountain, Mount K

ya was selected in 816 by
K

kai
as a site for establishing a monastic community and is currently home to over 110 associated temples.

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