poems inscribed beside the Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple
Refers specifically to the poems carved on the stone monument at Yakushi-ji in Nara. A historical and cultural term; not used in everyday conversation.
The poems of the Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple are inscribed in man'yōgana.
The term is a compound of 仏足石 (Buddha's footprint stone) and 歌 (poem), referring to the specific inscribed poems at Yakushi-ji. The derivation is straightforward from its components.