法ほっ相そう

noun

dharmalaksana; characteristics of dharmas

Buddhist technical term referring to the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena. Contrasted with 法性 (ほっしょう, dharmata, the essential nature of dharmas).

See also: 法性

• 唯ゆい識しきでは、法ほっ相そうと法ほっ性しょうの区く別べつが重じゅう要ようである。

  In Consciousness-Only thought, the distinction between dharmalaksana and dharmata is important.

noun

Hosso sect

Abbreviation of 法相宗 (ほっそうしゅう), the Japanese Yogācāra school. Used mainly in historical or academic contexts.

See also: 法相宗

• 法ほっ相そうは奈な良ら時じ代だいに栄さかえた仏ぶっ教きょうの一いっ派ぱである。

  The Hosso sect is a school of Buddhism that flourished in the Nara period.