大師|だいしdaishi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, Buddhismgreat teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

• Related上人しょうにんFormalFormal. An honorific for monks of learning and virtue, also a suffix as in 「親鸞上人」; 「大師」 honors buddhas and bodhisattvas or is a court-conferred title.
• Related尊者そんじゃWrittenWritten/formal prose. Honors Buddhist saints, esp. arhats, or people of high virtue; 「大師」 is typically a posthumous title the court conferred on a high monk.

Use 「大師」 for honorifics of buddhas and bodhisattvas or court-conferred posthumous titles for high monks, esp. Kobo Daishi, as in 「お大師様」「川崎大師」. For high monks say 「上人」, for saints 「尊者」.

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1. 仏ふつや菩薩ぼさつの尊称そんしょう。
2. 徳とくの高たかい僧そうに対たいし、朝廷ちょうていが諡号しごうとして贈おくった号ごう。
3. 特とくに弘法こうぼう大師だいし（空海くうかい）のこと。