English Explanatory Dictionary

Jodo Shinshu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A popular school of Buddhism, founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.

Word forms

Jodo Shinshu

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 浄土真宗 (literally “True Pure Land School”).

Synonyms

Shin Buddhism
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on J Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary