noun
Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Title of a Mahayana Buddhist scripture; also known as the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra.
地蔵菩薩本願経は、日本でも広く読誦されているお経の一つです。
The Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is one of the sutras widely recited in Japan.
The title is a direct translation of the Sanskrit Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra, combining 地蔵 (Kṣitigarbha), 菩薩 (bodhisattva), 本願 (original vow), and 経 (sutra).