偈頌

Chinese
 
forceful; martial; Buddhist hymn; gatha; Buddhist verse
 to praise
simp. and trad.
(偈頌)		 偈 頌

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गाथा (gāthā, “verse”) 偈陀 + native Chinese 頌 (“praise”).

Noun

偈頌

  1. (Buddhism) hymn, the metrical part of a sūtra
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