noun
Kusha school; Buddhist sect originating in the 7th century
Refers to the Kusha-shū (倶舎宗), a Japanese Buddhist school based on the Abhidharma-kośa. The term is historical and technical; it is not used in everyday conversation.
倶者は、奈良時代に日本に伝わった仏教の一派である。
The Kusha school is a Buddhist sect that was introduced to Japan in the Nara period.
この経典は倶者の教えに基づいている。
This scripture is based on the teachings of the Kusha school.
倶舎宗 is the full formal name of the sect; 倶者 is a variant or abbreviated written form.
From the Sanskrit 'kośa' (storehouse, treasury), referring to the Abhidharma-kośa, a key treatise of this school. The kanji 倶者 is a phonetic rendering.