Etymology

Jodo Shinshu

Today it means: A popular school of Buddhism, founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Full definition →

Japanese 浄土真宗
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from浄土真宗
  2. English todayJodo Shinshu

Borrowed from Japanese 浄土真宗 (literally “True Pure Land School”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.