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    3. 付法の八祖

    付法の八祖

    付ふ法ほうの​八はっ祖そ

    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)

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab25 strokes

    ふほうのはっそ

    Noun

    1.
    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)
    Buddhism

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    Characters that make up this word

    付
    つ.ける・-つ.ける・-づ.ける・つ.け・つ.け-・-つ.け…(11)
    adhere・attach・refer to・append
    Kanji
    法
    のり…(5)
    method・law・rule・principle・model…(1)
    Kanji
    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
    Kanji
    祖
    ancestor・pioneer・founder
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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