三徳
さんとくsantoku
noun
- three cardinal virtues (wisdom, benevolence and valour (valor))
- (having) three uses (e.g. a kitchen knife)
- (having) three advantages (e.g. a method)
- three qualities of nirvana (dharmakaya, prajna and moksha)
- three qualities of parinirvana
- three virtues of Buddhahood (benevolence, wisdom and renunciation of klesha)
- three virtues of Buddhistic enlightenment
- small pouch with separate pockets for a handkerchief, notes and toothpicks (popular during the Edo period)