法華経

See also: 法華經

Japanese
Kanji in this term
法 華 経
ほう > ほ
Grade: 4		 け
Grade: S		 きょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Shorter form of 妙 (みょう)法 (ほう)蓮 (れん)華 (げ)経 (きょう) (Myōhō Renge Kyō).[1][2]

Proper noun

法華経 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 法華經, hiragana ほけきょう, rōmaji Hoke-kyō, historical hiragana ほふけきやう)
(alternative reading hiragana ほっけきょう, romaji Hokke-kyō, historical hiragana ほふけきやう)

  1. the Lotus Sutra (Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra)
    Synonym: 法華 (Hoke, Hokke)

Derived terms
  • 法 (ほ)華 (け)経 (きょう)義 (ぎ)疏 (しょ) (Hoke-kyō Gisho)
  • 法 (ほ)華 (け)経 (きょう)寺 (じ) (Hokekyō-ji)
  • 法 (ほっ)華 (け)宗 (しゅう) (Hokke-shū)
  • 扇 (せん)面 (めん)法 (ほ)華 (け)経 (きょう) (Senmen Hoke-kyō)

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. “法華経”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
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