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地じ蔵ぞう菩ぼ薩さつ本ほん願がん経きょう

Meanings

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noun

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

work of art, literature, music, etc.

Title of a Mahayana Buddhist scripture; also known as the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra.

地じ蔵ぞう菩ぼ薩さつ本ほん願がん経きょうは、日本にほんでも広ひろく読どく誦じゅされているお経きょうの一ひとつです。
The Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is one of the sutras widely recited in Japan.

Kanji

地ground, earth
蔵storehouse, hide, own
菩kind of grass, sacred tree
薩salvation, Buddha
本book, present, main
願petition, request, vow
経sutra, longitude, pass thru

Etymology

The title is a direct translation of the Sanskrit Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra, combining 地蔵 (Kṣitigarbha), 菩薩 (bodhisattva), 本願 (original vow), and 経 (sutra).