応おう供ぐ

noun

arhat; one worthy of offerings

Buddhist term for a person who has attained enlightenment and is worthy of receiving offerings; often used as an epithet of the Buddha or an arhat. Compare 阿羅漢 (あらかん).

See also: 阿羅漢

• 応おう供ぐは、仏ほとけの十じゅう号ごうの一ひとつである。

  Ōgu is one of the ten epithets of the Buddha.

• 経きょう典てんには「応おう供ぐ」という尊そん称しょうがよく出でてくる。

  The honorific title 'Ōgu' appears frequently in scriptures.