Temple names Buddhist temples in Japan

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1 temple names

1.1 sangō
1.2 ingō
1.3 jigō
1.4 unofficial names





temple names

a temple s name (jigō (寺号) or jimyō (寺名)) made of 3 parts. first sangō (山号, mountain name), second ingō (院号, cloister name) , third san in-jigō (山院寺号, temple name).


sangō

even though may located @ bottom of valley, temples metaphorically called mountains , numbers used count them carry ending -san or -zan (山), hence name sangō. tradition goes times when temples monasteries purposely built in remote mountainous areas. founding of temple called kaisan (開山, lit. opening of mountain) reason.


no fixed rules formation exist, sangō topographical in origin, in hieizan enryaku-ji: these 2 names mean mount hiei s enryaku-ji . reason used personal name, particularly in zen. there may other semantic relationship between sangō , san in-jigō, example in case of rurikōzan yakushi-ji. sangō , jigō different names of same god. sangō , jigō both posthumous names, example of founder s mother , father.


ingō

the character in (院), gives ingō name, indicated enclosure or section , therefore, analogy, later came mean cloister in monastery. in sense applied temples or, more often, subtemples. can found in name of formerly minor temples risen chance great prominence. example, kawagoe s kita-in used 1 of 3 subtemples of temple no longer exist. less frequent in ingō -an (庵, hermitage) , -bō (坊, monk s living quarters). -dō (堂, hall) used in name of particular buildings of temple s compound, e.g. kannon-dō, can employed name of minor or small temples.


jigō

the name in common use jigō, (ending in -ji, -tera, -dera (〜寺, ... temple)) can considered main one. sangō , ingō not, , never were, in common use. character -ji contains pronounced tera or dera in kiyomizu-dera, when rest of name indigenous name (kun yomi).


unofficial names

temples known unofficial popular name. topographical in origin, example in case of asakusa s sensō-ji, known asakusa-dera. temple can named after special or famous characteristic, example in case kyoto s saihō-ji, commonly called koke-dera, or moss temple because of famous moss garden. unofficial names can have various other origins.








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