写しゃ経きょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

hand-copying sutras; hand-copied sutra

Refers to the Buddhist practice of copying sutras by hand, as well as the resulting copy. Often used with する to describe the act.

• 祖そ母ぼは毎まい朝あさ、般はん若にゃ心しん経ぎょうを写しゃ経きょうしている。

  My grandmother hand-copies the Heart Sutra every morning.

• 寺てらで写しゃ経きょうを奉