妄もう語ご

noun

falsehood; lying

Buddhist term for false speech, one of the five precepts (五戒). Often appears in the compound 妄語戒 (precept against lying).

See also: 妄語戒

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは妄もう語ごは戒いましめられている。

  In Buddhism, false speech is prohibited.

• 妄もう語ご戒かいは五ご戒かいの一ひとつです。

  The precept against lying is one of the five precepts.