Buddhist ranks and titles
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- Chôrô - one of a number of titles for the head of a temple
- Dai-ajari or Azari - the chief expounder of a sect's doctrine
- Hôgen 法眼 - lit. "eye of the law," a title also granted to physicians
- Hôin 法印 - lit. "seal of the law," a title also granted to artists
- Hôshi 法師 - lit. "teacher of the law," a title granted posthumously to Buddhist priests
- Hôshinnô 法親王 - lit. "prince of the law," a title held by Imperial princes who have taken the tonsure
References
- Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 318-324.
