爾に前ぜん

noun

pre-Lotus Sutra period

Buddhist term referring to the period of Shakyamuni's teaching before the Lotus Sutra was expounded.

• 爾に前ぜんの教おしえは、法ほ華け経きょう以い前ぜんの経きょう典てんを指さす。

  The pre-Lotus Sutra teachings refer to the sutras before the Lotus Sutra.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

prior; before; previous

Used as a noun or adjectivally with の to mean 'prior' or 'previous' in a general sense, often in formal or written contexts.

• 爾に前ぜんの会かい議ぎで決けっ定ていされた事じ項

noun

unripe or inferior thing

Rare term for something unripe or of low quality; not in common modern use.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、爾に前ぜんが未み熟じゅくなものを指さす例れいが見みられる。