十じゅう八はち檀だん林りん

noun

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (Pure Land sect, Kanto region)

Historical term referring to the eighteen major seminaries or academies of the Jōdo (Pure Land) sect in the Kantō area during the Edo period. Primarily encountered in texts on Japanese Buddhist history.

See also: 浄土宗 · 関東

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、浄じょう土ど宗しゅうの十じゅう八はち檀だん林りんは関かん東とうにおける教きょう学がくの中ちゅう心しん地ちだった。

  During the Edo period, the eighteen centers of Buddhist learning of the Pure Land sect were the main centers of doctrinal study in the Kanto region.