胎たい内ない仏ぶつ

noun

small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image

Refers to a smaller Buddhist statue or image placed inside a larger one, often as a sacred hidden object. A specialized term used in art history and Buddhist studies.

• この仏ぶつ像ぞうの胎たい内ない仏ぶつは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに納おさめられたものだ。

  The small Buddhist image inside this statue was enshrined in the Edo period.

• 胎たい内ない仏ぶつの調ちょう査さで、像ぞうの制せい作さく年ねん代だいが明あきらかになった。

  Investigation of the inner Buddhist image revealed the statue's production date.