(obsolete) The hentaigana syllable that is used to represent ya in old Japanese text.

a start / a chance, an opportunity / a clue, a lead / motive, occasion

(Shingon Buddhism) Synonym of 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai): Mahāvairocana tathāgata / (Buddhism) Courtesy name of 空海 (Kūkai), founder of the esoteric Shingon sect of Buddhism

a surname