十じゅう八はち羅ら漢かん

noun

the eighteen arhats

Buddhist term referring to the eighteen enlightened disciples of the Buddha, often depicted in East Asian Buddhist art and temples.

• この寺てらには十じゅう八はち羅ら漢かんの像ぞうが並ならんでいる。

  Statues of the eighteen arhats are lined up in this temple.