祖師

そし

founder of a sect

祖師禅

そしぜん

Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

御祖師様

おそしさま

the Founder of the (our) sect (used especially in the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, referring to Nichiren)

父祖伝来

ふそでんらい

hereditary, patrimonial, handed down from generation to generation

先祖伝来

せんぞでんらい

inherited, family (heirloom), ancestral

祖先伝来

そせんでんらい

hereditary

薬師如来

やくしにょらい

Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

馬来西亜

マレーシア

Malaysia

祖

そ

ancestor, forefather, progenitor

祖父祖母

じじばば

old people

陝西師範大学

せんせいしはんだいがく

Shaanxi Normal University; SNU

西北師範大学

にしきたしはんだいがく

Northwest Normal University

広西師範大学

こうせいしはんだいがく

Guangxi Normal University; GXNU

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