At a loss、odd question

[Mandylion]

I have translated the following

菩薩が一考師を囲んで

as

"The Bosatsu gathered into one sage group..." -don't worry about the rest.

Even my New Nelson Dictionary is no help as to 一考師 might be . Any thoughts?

 

[Elizabeth]

I'm not sure, but I think it may be something like a haiku teacher or instructor.

 

[Mandylion]

Thanks Elizabeth.

AH! Could it mean, the Buddha, 一考師 being some kind of special term? In that case, 囲んで has more a meaning of "gathered around"
and the translation becomes "The Bosatsu gathered around the Buddha..." makes more sense.

I think that is it. Any thoughts?

 

[Elizabeth]

Originally posted by Mandylion
Thanks Elizabeth.

AH! Could it mean, the Buddha, 一考師 being some kind of special term? In that case, 囲んで has more a meaning of "gathered around"
and the translation becomes "The Bosatsu gathered around the Buddha..." makes more sense.

I think that is it. Any thoughts?

Well I've just seen it in the context of haiku, so can't comment on anything else. But 'koushi' alone is also a special or nontraditional teacher of some kind I believe. The only difference coming in the "one thought." The best thing would probably be just to do a free text internet search on both to get some idea of its natural context. What is Bosatsu by the way?

 

[Mandylion]

Japanese for boddhisatva, As in Amida Bosatsu, or Kannon Bosatsu. I'll run some searches and see what I get. Thanks.