納のう経きょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

dedicating a hand-copied sutra to a temple; offering a sutra copy (or a monetary substitute)

A Buddhist practice where a hand-copied sutra (写経) is presented to a temple; sometimes a monetary offering is made in place of the actual copy. Often used with する.

See also: 写経

• 写しゃ経きょうを終おえて、お寺てらに納のう経きょうした。

  After finishing copying the sutra, I dedicated it at the temple.

• 納のう経きょう帳ちょうに朱しゅ印いんをいただく。

  I receive a red seal in my sutra dedication book.