盂う蘭ら盆ぼん経きょう

noun

Ullambana Sutra; Yulanpen Sutra

A Buddhist sutra associated with the Obon festival and the story of Mokuren (Maudgalyāyana) saving his mother from the realm of hungry ghosts. The title is a proper noun referring to a specific scripture.

• 盂う蘭ら盆ぼん経きょうは、お盆ぼんの起き源げんとされるお経きょうです。

  The Ullambana Sutra is a sutra considered to be the origin of the Obon festival.