Word Meaning 式叉摩那

しきしゃまな shikishamana

式叉摩那 is read as しきしゃまな (shikishamana) and means probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment).

Meaning

English

probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment)

Reading

Kana

しきしゃまな

Romaji

shikishamana

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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摩訶毘盧遮那

まかびるしゃな

Mahavairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)

式辞

しきじ

ceremonial address

式典

しきてん

ceremony

式

しき

enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)

式場

しきじょう

ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral)

式部

しきぶ

(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

式次第

しきしだい

program of a ceremony (programme)

式を挙げる

しきをあげる

to hold a ceremony

式部省

しきぶしょう

(Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies

式日

しきじつ

day of a ceremony or event

式年

しきねん

year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)

旦那

だんな

husband