four orders of Buddhist followers |
四衆 [ししゅう] /(n) (1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)/(2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices)/(3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies/ ------- 四衆 [ししゅ] /(n) (1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)/(2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices)/(3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies/ ------- 四部衆 [しぶしゅ] /(n) (obsc) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)/ |