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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

有髪俗体

see styles
 uhatsuzokutai
    うはつぞくたい
(a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb

琵琶法師

see styles
 biwahoushi / biwahoshi
    びわほうし
(hist) (See 琵琶) lute priest; minstrel; blind travelling biwa player dressed like a Buddhist monk

看破紅塵


看破红尘

see styles
kān pò hóng chén
    kan1 po4 hong2 chen2
k`an p`o hung ch`en
    kan po hung chen
to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk); disillusioned with human society; to reject the world for a monastic life

菩提仙那

see styles
pú tí xiān nà
    pu2 ti2 xian1 na4
p`u t`i hsien na
    pu ti hsien na
 bodaisenna
    ぼだいせんな
(person) Bodhisena (8th-century Indian Buddhist monk)
Bodhisena

菩提僊那

see styles
pú tí xiān nà
    pu2 ti2 xian1 na4
p`u t`i hsien na
    pu ti hsien na
 bodaisenna
    ぼだいせんな
(person) Bodhisena (8th-century Indian Buddhist monk)
Bodhisena

鑒真和尚


鉴真和尚

see styles
jiàn zhēn hé shang
    jian4 zhen1 he2 shang5
chien chen ho shang
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism

鳩摩羅什


鸠摩罗什

see styles
jiū mó luó shí
    jiu1 mo2 luo2 shi2
chiu mo lo shih
 kumarajuu / kumaraju
    くまらじゅう
Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts
(person) Kumarajiva (344-413)
Kumārajīva

婆羅門僧正


婆罗门僧正

see styles
pó luó mén sēng zhèng
    po2 luo2 men2 seng1 zheng4
p`o lo men seng cheng
    po lo men seng cheng
 baramonsoujou / baramonsojo
    ばらもんそうじょう
(person) Bodhisena (8th-century Indian Buddhist monk)
Brahman supervising monk

Variations:
暗穴
闇穴

see styles
 anketsu
    あんけつ
(1) dark hole; (2) idiot; fool; (3) (hist) (abbreviation) (See 闇穴道) road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)

波羅提木叉


波罗提木叉

see styles
pō luó tí mù chā
    po1 luo2 ti2 mu4 cha1
p`o lo t`i mu ch`a
    po lo ti mu cha
 haradaimokusha
    はらだいもくしゃ
pratimoksa; pratimoksha; rules governing the behaviour of Buddhist monks and nuns
prātimokṣa; emancipation, deliverance, absolution. Prātimokṣa; the 250 commandments for monks in the Vinaya, v. 木叉, also 婆; the rules in the Vinaya from the four major to the seventy-five minor offences; they should be read in assembly twice a month and each monk invited to confess his sins for absolution.

Variations:
苾蒭
苾芻

see styles
 hisshu; hissuu / hisshu; hissu
    ひっしゅ; ひっすう
(rare) {Buddh} (See 比丘) bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)

Variations:
闇穴道
暗穴道

see styles
 anketsudou / anketsudo
    あんけつどう
(hist) road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)

Variations:
浮屠
浮図
仏図

see styles
 futo
    ふと
(1) (See 仏陀) Buddha; (2) (See 卒塔婆・1) stupa; (3) Buddhist temple; (4) Buddhist monk

Variations:
山伏
山臥
山ぶし

see styles
 yamabushi
    やまぶし
(1) itinerant Buddhist monk; (2) (See 修験道・しゅげんどう) practitioner of Shugendō

Variations:
山伏
山臥(rK)

see styles
 yamabushi
    やまぶし
(1) (See 修験道) yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; (2) itinerant Buddhist monk

Variations:
お坊さん(P)
御坊さん

see styles
 obousan / obosan
    おぼうさん
(1) (familiar language) (honorific or respectful language) (See 坊さん・1) Buddhist priest; monk; (2) (familiar language) (honorific or respectful language) (See お坊っちゃん・おぼっちゃん・1) son (of others)

Variations:
お坊さん(P)
御坊さん(sK)

see styles
 obousan / obosan
    おぼうさん
(1) (familiar language) (honorific or respectful language) (See 坊さん・1) Buddhist priest; monk; (2) (familiar language) (honorific or respectful language) (See お坊っちゃん・1) son (of others)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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