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    経典

    経きょう典てん

    sacred books

    KMT9News #30+1NounReligion & PhilosophyLiteratureKanji Vocab19 strokes

    きょうてんけいてんきょうでん

    Noun

    1.
    sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)

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    仏ぶっ教きょうの経きょう典てんは、多おおくの人ひと々びとに読よまれている。

    Buddhist scriptures are read by many people.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyLiterature
    古こ代だいの経きょう典てんには、当とう時じの人ひと々びとの思し想そうが記きされている。

    Ancient scriptures record the thoughts of people from that time.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistoryLiterature
    僧そう侶りょは毎まい日にち、経きょう典てんを読よみ上あげて修しゅ行ぎょうを行おこなう。

    Monks read scriptures daily and perform their training.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    世せ界かい各かく地ちの図と書しょ館かんには、貴き重ちょうな経きょう典てんが保ほ管かんされている。

    Valuable scriptures are preserved in libraries around the world.

    KMT9LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions
    経きょう典てんの解かい釈しゃくは宗しゅう派はによって異ことなり、それが多た様ような教きょう義ぎを生うみ出だしてきた。

    The interpretation of scriptures differs by sect, which has given rise to diverse doctrines.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    経
    へ.る・た.つ・たていと・はか.る・のり…(5)
    sutra・longitude・pass thru・expire・warp
    典
    ふみ・のり…(5)
    code・ceremony・law・rule
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