無む縁えん仏ぼとけ

noun

unconnected Buddha; spirit of someone who died with no one to tend their grave

Buddhist term for a deceased person (or their spirit) who has no living relatives or caretakers to maintain their grave and perform memorial rites. Often associated with abandoned graves or unknown dead.

• 無む縁えん仏ぼとけの墓はかは、誰だれにも供く養ようされずに荒あれ果はてていた。

  The grave of the unconnected dead was neglected, with no one to perform memorial services.

• この寺てらでは、無む縁えん仏ぼとけを供く養ようするための法ほう要ようが年ねんに一いち度ど行おこなわれる。

  At this temple, a memorial service for the unconnected dead is held once a year.