五罪
ござい
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)
Word Meaning 五逆罪
ごぎゃくざい
gogyakuzai
五逆罪 is read as ごぎゃくざい (gogyakuzai) and means five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha).
Meaning
English
- five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)
Reading
Kana
ごぎゃくざい
Romaji
gogyakuzai