Jokhang Temple - Jo Bo Khang (English spelling)

Japanese: ジョカン寺 - ジョカンじ(英語表記)Jo bo khang
Jokhang Temple - Jo Bo Khang (English spelling)
The name of a Tibetan temple. It is also written as Daizhao Temple. The Tibetan name is Phrulsnang. It is said to have been built by the wife of King Songtsen Gampo, Princess of Nepal, and is believed to have been a family temple built shortly after the king's death. Jo or Choo means a statue of Sakyamuni, and Kang means temple. The Choo enshrined here was brought from the Tang Dynasty by Princess Wencheng and was originally enshrined at Ramoche (Little Zhao Temple). It is also called Lhasa (or Zhaodi), the most sacred place in Tibetan Buddhism, and gradually came to refer to the capital city.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
チベットの寺名。大招寺とも表記される。チベット名トゥルナン’Phrulsnang。ソンツェン・ガンポ王の妃ネパール王女の建立と伝えられるが,王没後まもなく建てられた菩提寺らしい。ジョまたはチョオとは釈迦牟尼像のこと,カンは寺である。まつられているチョオは文成公主が唐からもたらし,初めラモチェ(小招寺)にまつられていたものである。チベット仏教第一の聖地,ラサlha sa(または招地)とも呼ばれ,しだいに首都を指す名に変わっていった。

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