法螺

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	aquatic snail
simp. and trad. (法螺)		法	螺

法螺 (1, 2)

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्म शङ्ख (dharma śaṅkha, “conch shell of religion; conch of the law”). Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་དུང (chos dung).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 法螺

1. (Buddhism) conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet
2. Triton's trumpet; giant triton ()
3. (Buddhism) power and command of Buddhist teaching; doctrines of Buddhism
4. (figurative) boasting; bragging; exaggeration; overstatement

Synonyms

• (conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet): (Min Nan) 龍角／龙角, 角鼓, 哨角 (shàojiǎo), 牛角鼓, 角管

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法螺):

• → Japanese: 法(ほ)螺(ら) (hora); 法(ほう)螺(ら) (hōra)
• → Korean: 법라(法螺) (beomna)
• → Vietnamese: pháp loa (法螺)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	螺
ほう > ほ Grade: 4	ら Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

法(ほ)螺(ら) • (hora) 

1. boasting

Derived terms

• ほら話(ばなし) (horabanashi)
• 法(ほ)螺(ら)貝(がい) (horagai)