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    3. 天竜八部衆

    天竜八部衆

    天てん竜りゅう八はち部ぶ衆しゅう

    the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab39 strokes

    天龍八部衆

    てんりゅうはちぶしゅう

    Noun

    1.
    the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
    Buddhism

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    Kanji that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    竜
    たつ・いせ…(4)
    dragon・imperial
    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
    部
    -べ…(5)
    section・bureau・dept・class・copy…(3)
    衆
    おお.い…(2)
    masses・great numbers・multitude・populace
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