There are 9 total results for your 僧正 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
僧正 see styles |
sēng zhèng seng1 zheng4 seng cheng soujou / sojo そうじょう |
high Buddhist priest The Director or Pope of monks; an office under Wudi, A.D. 502‐550, of the Liang dynasty, for the control of the monks. Wendi, 560-7, of the Ch'en dynasty appointed a 大僧統 or Director over the monks in his capital. |
國僧正 国僧正 see styles |
guó sēng zhèng guo2 seng1 zheng4 kuo seng cheng koku sōjō |
National superintendent of the clergy, an office which at one time existed. |
大僧正 see styles |
dà sēng zhèng da4 seng1 zheng4 ta seng cheng daisoujou / daisojo だいそうじょう |
high priest director of monks |
權僧正 权僧正 see styles |
quán sēng zhèng quan2 seng1 zheng4 ch`üan seng cheng chüan seng cheng gon sōjō |
provisional head of the order (?) |
僧正遍昭 see styles |
soujouhenjou / sojohenjo そうじょうへんじょう |
(person) High Priest Henjō (ca 845 CE) |
鳥羽僧正 see styles |
tobasoujou / tobasojo とばそうじょう |
(person) Toba Soujō (Abbot of Toba, painter of the 11th century) |
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 |
前大僧正慈円 see styles |
sakinodaisoujoujien / sakinodaisojojien さきのだいそうじょうじえん |
(personal name) Sakinodaisoujōjien |
前大僧正行尊 see styles |
sakinodaisoujougyouson / sakinodaisojogyoson さきのだいそうじょうぎょうそん |
(personal name) Sakinodaisoujōgyouson |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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