無む縁えん仏ぼとけ

noun

unconnected Buddha; spirit of someone who died with no one to tend their grave

Buddhist term for a deceased person (or their spirit) who has no living relatives or caretakers to maintain their grave and perform memorial rites. Often associated with abandoned graves or unknown dead.

• 無む縁えん仏ぼとけの墓はかは、誰だれにも供く養ようされずに荒あれ果はてていた。

  The grave of the unconnected dead was neglected, with no one to perform memorial services.