noun
path to enlightenment
Archaic Buddhist term for the spiritual journey or way leading to awakening. Rare in modern Japanese outside classical or religious contexts.
古い経典には、覚路を求める修行者の姿が描かれている。
Old scriptures depict practitioners seeking the path to enlightenment.
仏道 is the broader 'way of the Buddha' or Buddhist practice, still used today, whereas 覚路 is a more poetic, archaic expression for the path to enlightenment.
Archaic Buddhist term; the modern standard kanji form. The reading がくろ is also attested.
Historical kyūjitai spelling; contains an outdated kanji.
Composed of 覚 (enlightenment, awakening) and 路 (path, road). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical Buddhist texts.