法華経

Japanese
Kanji in this term
法 華 経
ほう > ほ
Grade: 4		 け
Grade: S		 きょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
法華經 (kyūjitai)

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(ほ)華(け)経(きょう) • (Hoke-kyō) ←ほふけきやう (fofukekyau)?
(alternative reading hiragana ほっけきょう, rōmaji Hokke-kyō, historical hiragana ほふけきやう)

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

Derived terms
  • 法華(ほけ)経(きょう)義疏(ぎしょ) (Hoke-kyō Gisho)
  • 法華(ほけ)経(きょう)寺(じ) (Hokekyō-ji)
  • 法華(ほっけ)宗(しゅう) (Hokke-shū)
  • 扇面(せんめん)法華(ほけ)経(きょう) (Senmen Hoke-kyō)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, 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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