檀林

だんりん

Also written 談林

Meanings

1. Noun Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple (abbreviation of 栴檀林) See also: 栴檀 (せんだん).
2. Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) See also: 俳諧 (はいかい). See also: 談林風 (だんりんふう). See also: 談林派 (だんりんは).

Kanji

• 檀 cedar; sandalwood; spindle tree. Read as ダン.
• 林 woods. Read as リン.

Words containing 檀林

• 関東十八檀林 (かんとうじゅうはちだんりん) eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
• 十八檀林 (じゅうはちだんりん) eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

Word lists

• Buddhism

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