See also: 法门

Chinese edit

 
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (法門)
simp. (法门)
 
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Etymology edit

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपर्याय (dharmaparyāya).

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法門

  1. (Buddhism) gateway for entry into the dharma

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Sino-Xenic (法門):

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法門

  1. () Famen (a town in Fufeng, Baoji, Shaanxi, China)