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経典きょうてんNounssacred books; sutras; scriptures
経堂きょうどうNounssutra library
写経しゃきょうNounshand-copying sutras; hand-copied sutra
読経どきょうNounssutra chanting; chanting of Buddhist scriptures
大蔵経だいぞうきょうNounsthe Tripitaka; complete Buddhist canon
経文きょうもんNounsBuddhist scriptures; sutras; scriptural text
経時きょうどきNounssutra-reading time (morning and evening)
一切経いっさいきょうNounscomplete Buddhist scriptures; Buddhist canon
三部経さんぶきょうNounsthree main sutras (of a school of Buddhism)
信経しんきょうNounscreed
偽経ぎきょうNounsapocryphal sutra
孝経こうきょうNounsClassic of Filial Piety; Xiaojing
本生経ほんしょうきょうNounsJataka tales; stories of Buddha's previous lives
本経ほんぎょうNounsmain sutra; principal scripture
枕経まくらぎょうNounspillow sutra; bedside sutra recitation
棚経たなぎょうNounschanting sutras before a Bon shelf
納経のうきょうNounsdedicating a hand-copied sutra to a temple; offering a sutra copy (or a monetary substitute)
あほだら経あほだらきょうNounsmock Buddhist sutra; ahodarakyō
お経おきょうNounsBuddhist sutra; scripture
経函きょうかんNounssutra box
経塚きょうづかNounssutra mound
経師きょうじNounsscroll mounter; picture framer
経帷子きょうかたびらNounswhite burial kimono; shroud
経木きょうぎNounspaper-thin wood sheet; wood veneer sheet
経本きょうほんNounssutra book
経机きょうづくえNounssutra-reading desk
経蔵きょうぞうNounsscripture house; sutra repository
経題きょうだいNounstitle of a sutra; name of a sacred text · title on a makimono
結経けっきょうNounsconcluding sutra; sutra read at the end of a service
聖経せいきょうNounssutra; holy writings · writings of a sage · Bible
観経かんぎょうNounssutra reading; chanting of sutras · Amitayurdhyana Sutra
誦経じゅきょうNounssutra chanting; chanting sutras
説経せっきょうNounssutra lecture; preaching the sutras
諸経しょきょうNounsvarious scriptures; many sutras
開経かいきょうNounsprefatory sutra; opening sutra · opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra