Word Meaning 天竜八部衆

てんりゅうはちぶしゅう tenryuuhachibushuu

天竜八部衆 is read as てんりゅうはちぶしゅう (tenryuuhachibushuu) and means the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas).

Meaning

English

  1. the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

Reading

Kana

てんりゅうはちぶしゅう

Romaji

tenryuuhachibushuu

Writing Variants

  • 天龍八部衆 てんりゅうはちぶしゅう tenryuuhachibushuu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 48564 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

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八部衆

はちぶしゅう

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

天衆

てんじゅ

deva

天竜

てんりゅう

deva and naga

四部衆

しぶしゅ

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

大衆部

だいしゅぶ

Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)

東部土竜

とうぶもぐら

eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

西部土竜

せいぶもぐら

Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)

薄色西部土竜

うすいろせいぶもぐら

broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus)

姫西部土竜

ひめせいぶもぐら

coast mole (Scapanus orarius)

八部

はちぶ

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

竜天栄螺

りゅうてんさざえ

tapestry turban (species of turban shell, Turbo petholatus)

天井

てんじょう

ceiling