讃仏偈

See also: 讃佛偈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
讃	仏	偈
さん Jinmeiyō	ぶつ Grade: 5	げ Hyōgaiji
goon

Alternative spelling
讚佛偈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 讃仏 (sanbutsu, “praising the Buddha”) +‎ 偈 (ge, “gatha”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんぶつ​げ [sàńbútsúꜜgè] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠mbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝɡe̞]

Proper noun

讃(さん)仏(ぶつ)偈(げ) • (Sanbutsu-ge) 

1. (Buddhism) a poetic verse praising the Buddha found in the Infinite Life Sutra:

   光(こう)顔(げん)巍(ぎ)巍(ぎ)　威(い)神(じん)無(む)極(ごく)　如(にょ)是(ぜ)焰(えん)明(みょう)　無(む)与(よ)等(とう)者(しゃ)　日(にち)月(がつ)摩(ま)尼(に)　殊(しゅ)光(こう)焰(えん)耀(にょう)　皆(かい)悉(しつ)隠(おん)蔽(ぺい)　猶(ゆう)若(にゃく)聚(じゅ)墨(もく)　[...]

   kō gen gigi, i jin mugoku, nyoze en myō, mu yo tō sha, nichigatsu mani, shu kō en-nyō, kai shitsu onpei, yū nyaku ju moku...

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See also

• 偈頌(げじゅ) (geju)