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[[File:A-un-pair.jpg|thumb|275 px|An ''a-um'' pair of ''komainu'', "a" on the right, "un" on the left]] |
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The term {{nihongo|'''A-un'''|阿吽}} is the transliteration in Japanese of the two syllables "a" and "hūṃ". Written in [[Devanagari]] as {{script|Deva|अहूँ}}. |
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The original Sanskrit term is composed of two letters, the first and the last of the [[Sanskrit alphabet]]. Together, they symbolically represent the beginning and the end of all things.<ref name="jaanus a-un">Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System (JAANUS), [http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/a/aun.htm "A un" (阿吽)], 2001, retrieved 2011-04-14.</ref> In Japanese ''[[Mikkyō]]'' Buddhism, the letters represent the beginning and the end of the universe.<ref>[[Daijirin]] Japanese dictionary, 2008, Monokakido Co., Ltd. </ref> |
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The term is also used in [[Shinto]] and [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] architecture to describe the paired statues common in Japanese religious settings, most notably the [[Niō]] and the ''[[komainu]]''.<ref name="jaanus a-un"/> In most cases one of the two, the right one, has its mouth open to pronounce the sound "a", while the other has it closed to utter the sound "um". The symbolism is the same already seen. The generic name for statues with an open mouth is {{nihongo|''agyō''|阿形|lit. "a" shape}}, that for those with a closed mouth {{nihongo|''ungyō''|吽形|lit. "un" shape"}}.<ref name="jaanus a-un"/> |
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The term ''a-un'' is used figuratively in some Japanese expressions as {{nihongo|"a-un breathing"|阿吽の呼吸|a-un no kokyū}} or {{nihongo|"a-un relationship"|阿吽の仲|a-un no naka}}, indicating an inherently harmonious relationship or non-verbal communication. |
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[[Monozygotic twin|Identical twin]] ''[[taiko]]'' (traditional Japanese drums) player brothers Ryōhei and Kōhei Inoue, formerly of [[Ondekoza]], play under the name of "A-un".<ref name="aun myspace">{{cite web|title=Aun's MySpace page|url=http://www.myspace.com/aunjapan|publisher=MySpace|accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="aun Japan">{{cite web|title=Aun Japan|url=http://aun-japan.syncl.jp/?p=profile|accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref> |
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==Some ''a-un'' pairs== |
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<gallery perrow=4 widths=170px heights=130px> |
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File:Iwaya Jinja Komainu 1.JPG|An ''agyō'' komainu |
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File:Iwaya Jinja Komainu 2.JPG|An ''ungyō'' komainu |
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File:Horyu-ji14s3200.jpg|''Agyō'' Niō at the Central Gate of Hōryū-ji |
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File:Horyu-ji15s3200.jpg|''Ungyō'' Niō at the Central Gate of Hōryū-ji |
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</gallery> |
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==References== |
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{{Commons category|Aun}} |
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{{Shinto shrine}} |
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{{Buddhist temples in Japan}} |
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[[Category:Japanese architectural features]] |
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[[Category:Japanese architecture]] |
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[[Category:Buddhism in Japan]] |
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[[Category:Buddhist architecture]] |
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[[Category:Shinto shrines]] |
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