Meanings

(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic

ancestor of a feudal lord

ancestors of the Imperial Family

most recent common ancestor

symplesiomorphy

common ancestor

plesiomorphy

old people

old people

ancestor worshipped as a deity

Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

grandma

the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

deceased grandfather of the emperor

deceased grandfather

business started by an ancestor

grandmother-in-law

grandfather-in-law

reversion