十じゅう六ろく羅ら漢かん

noun

the sixteen arhats

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

• この寺てらには十じゅう六ろく羅ら漢かんの像ぞうが安あん置ちされている。

  Statues of the sixteen arhats are enshrined in this temple.