伝持の八祖

でんじのはっそ

the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

八進法の

はちしんほーの

octal

八進法

はっしんほう

octal numeral system; octal notation

先の祖

さきのおや さきのそ

ancestor

法華八講

ほっけはっこう

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

永字八法

えいじはっぽう

the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters

祖

そ

ancestor, forefather, progenitor

祖父祖母

じじばば

old people

中興の祖

ちゅうこうのそ

ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family

医学の祖

いがくのそ

founder of medical science

祖先の霊

そせんのれい

ancestral spirits

八八

two eights

教祖

きょうそ

founder of a religious sect

祖廟

そびょう

mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors

同祖

どうそ

common ancestor

祖語

そご

parent language

祖霊

それい

ancestral spirit, collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities

祖述

そじゅつ

exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines

先祖

せんぞ

ancestor