本ほん地じ垂すい迹じゃく説せつ

noun

manifestation theory; honji suijaku theory

A Buddhist-Shinto syncretic doctrine holding that Shinto kami are local manifestations (suijaku) of original Buddhist divinities (honji). Used in religious studies and historical contexts.

• 本ほん地じ垂すい迹じゃく説せつは、日本にほんの神しん仏ぶつ習しゅう合ごうを理り解かいする上うえで重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんです。

  The honji suijaku theory is an important concept for understanding the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan.