比良八講

Reading

Kana: ひらはっこう

Romaji: hirahakkou

Definition

noun

1

Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

Kanji

比

Readings: ヒ、 くら.べる

Meanings: compare, race, ratio, Philipines

良

Readings: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い

Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled

八

Readings: ハチ、 や、 や.つ、 やっ.つ、 よう

Meanings: eight, eight radical (no. 12)

講

Reading: コウ

Meanings: lecture, club, association