noun
Takada sect (of Shin Buddhism)
A branch of Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land Buddhism) founded by Shinran's disciple Shinbutsu. The reading たかだは is specific to this sect; the place name 高田 is normally read たかだ or たかた.
高田派は真宗十派の一つです。
The Takada sect is one of the ten schools of Shin Buddhism.
The ten traditional branches of Shin Buddhism, of which Takada is one.
Named after the Takada (高田) area in present-day Ōita Prefecture, where the sect's head temple, Senshū-ji, is located. The reading たかだは is an older or sect-specific pronunciation of the place name.