offering to Buddha; rice offering
Buddhist term for an offering, commonly rice, placed before a Buddha image or altar. Often used in temple or household Buddhist practice.
See also: 仏供
Every morning, I offer rice to the Buddha altar.
Standard spelling with honorific prefix お and 仏供.
Formal spelling using the kanji 御 for the honorific prefix.
Compound of honorific prefix お (o) + 仏供 (buku), meaning 'offering to Buddha'. The reading ぶく is a regular on'yomi for 仏供.