Definition of 付法の八祖 (ふほうのはっそ)

ふほうはっそ

付法の八祖

ふほうのはっそ

fuhounohasso

View details for kanji: 付View details for kanji: 法View details for kanji: 八View details for kanji: 祖
expression, noun
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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)(Buddhist term)
See also:伝持の八祖
Related Kanji
付 adhere, attach, refer to, append
法 method, law, rule, principle, model, system
八 eight, eight radical (no. 12)
祖 ancestor, pioneer, founder