祖
ソ
ancestor; pioneer; founder
Words
付法の八祖
ふほうのはっそ
- the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon) exp n Buddh
伝持の八祖
でんじのはっそ
- the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon) exp n Buddh
お祖母ちゃま
おばあちゃま おばちゃま
- grandma; granny n uk hon chn fam
六祖壇経
ろくそだんきょう
- Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra n Buddh
祖神
そしん そじん
- ancestor worshipped as a deity n