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His weapon name translation[]

Shouldnt his weapon name (Vimukti) linking to something like this? http://www.answers.com/topic/vimukti

"(Sanskrit; Pāli, vimutti). Liberation; the release from suffering and rebirth (samsāra) attained through a realization of the Four Noble Truths. In the Mahāyāna, there are three so-called ‘gates’ to liberation which are said to facilitate release: emptiness (śūnyatā), signlessness, or the absence of perceptual forms (animitta); and wishlessness, or the absence of purpose or desires (apraṇidhāna). To these a fourth item is sometimes added, namely intrinsic luminosity (prakṛti-prabhāsvara). In Pāli sources, two kinds of ‘gates to liberation’ (vimokkha-mukha) are distinguished, namely freedom through understanding (paññā-vimutti) and freedom through mind (ceto-vimutti). The former is intellectual in nature and cultivated through the practice of insight meditation (vipaśyanā), while the latter involves transic states of consciouness and is cultivated through calming meditation (śamatha). The ideal is to be one who is ‘freed in both ways’ (ubhato-bhāga-vimutta), as the Buddha was understood to be, but it is thought to be possible to attain liberation through insight alone (paññā-vimutti): such a one is then known as ‘dry-eyed’ or ‘dry visioned’ (sukkha-vipassaka). "

Wikipedia itself doesnt have whole dedicated article to this term. Weapon name has a big symbolism after all - By killing opponent with the Vimukti sword, he liberates him from cicle of reincarnation, death and rebirth (samsara) of souls trapped in Six Worlds (Rokudou, same mentioned in Enja's Rokudou Rekka move) that compose the Wheel of Life (Shiki's wheel fireball refers to this), supposedly after being liberated souls move on into next four worlds, called Four Noble Worlds. Basically the path of buddhist is to escape the 6 worlds and move into next 4. Black Shroud 22:15, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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