Praise - Sandan

Japanese: 讃嘆 - さんだん

A classification of chanting songs. Refers to hymns written in Japanese, as opposed to Chinese and Sanskrit hymns. When simply called hymn, it refers to the first two, and does not usually include this hymn. The two most famous are "Hokke Sanmyo" and "Sharitsu Sanmyo." The former is also called "Takiginoku" (Verse of Firewood), and has lyrics that begin with "The Lotus Sutra, what I have gained..." and takes the form of repeating the final line in tanka form twice, and is used in the fifth part of the "Hokke Hatsukou (Eight Lotus Lectures)." The latter has lyrics in prose form that begin with "How difficult it is to encounter the Buddha's relics..." and is recited in the "Sharitsu Koshiki."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

声明曲（しようみようきよく）の分類名。漢語讃，梵語讃に対して和語でつづった讃美曲をいう。単に讃というときは前2者を指し，この讃嘆は通常含まない。《法華讃嘆》と《舎利讃嘆》が有名である。前者は〈薪ノ句（たきぎのく）〉とも称し，〈法華経を，わが得しことは……〉という詞章で，短歌形式の末句だけ2度繰り返す形式をとり，〈法華八講（ほつけはつこう）〉の五ノ座に用いる。後者は〈仏のおん舎利は遭ふこと難しや……〉という散文形式の詞章で，〈舎利講式〉に唱える。

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