Word Meaning 吾が仏尊し

あがほとけとうとし a ga hotoketoutoshi

吾が仏尊し is read as あがほとけとうとし (a ga hotoketoutoshi) and means putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal.

Meaning

English

  1. putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal
  2. being narrow-minded

Reading

Kana

あがほとけとうとし

Romaji

a ga hotoketoutoshi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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三尊仏

さんぞんぶつ

Buddha triad

仏頂尊勝

ぶちょうそんしょう

Usnisavijaya

仏頂尊

ぶっちょうそん

Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism)

吾輩

わがはい

I

石仏

せきぶつ

stone Buddhist image

仏教

ぶっきょう

Buddhism

尊重

そんちょう

respect

大仏

だいぶつ

large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

仏像

ぶつぞう

statue of Buddha

尊敬

そんけい

respect

神仏

しんぶつ

Shinto and Buddhism

仏具

ぶぐ

Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)