Definition of 八部 (はちぶ)

はち

八部

はちぶ

hachibu

noun
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)
See also:八部衆
Related Kanji
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine