also: しゅりょうごんきょう
noun
Śūraṅgama Sūtra
A Mahayana Buddhist scripture, known in Japanese as 首楞厳経. The reading しゅりょうごんぎょう is standard; しゅりょうごんきょう is a variant.
首楞厳経は、禅宗で重視される経典の一つです。
The Śūraṅgama Sūtra is one of the scriptures valued in Zen Buddhism.
From the Chinese title 首楞嚴經, itself a transliteration of the Sanskrit Śūraṅgama Sūtra.