Kaidan-in

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Kaidan-in is the ordination hall complex associated with Tōdai-ji in Nara, historically used for conferring Buddhist monastic vows in Japan.

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Kaidan-in canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist ordination hall complex
religious building
affiliation Kegon Buddhism NERFINISHED
associatedWith Tōdai-ji NERFINISHED
category Buddhist temples in Nara
Ordination halls in Buddhism
country Japan
culturalContext Nara Buddhism NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo Buddhist sangha
era Nara period (historical origins) NERFINISHED
hasFunction ordination hall
hasJapaneseName 戒壇院 NERFINISHED
heritageStatus important Buddhist site in Nara
historicalRole central site for Buddhist ordination in Japan
languageOfName Japanese
locatedIn Honshu
Japan
Nara NERFINISHED
Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED
Tōdai-ji NERFINISHED
partOf Tōdai-ji temple complex NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
significance one of the main state-sanctioned ordination centers in historical Japan
tradition Japanese Buddhism
usedFor conferring Buddhist monastic vows
ordination of monks

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Tōdai-ji hasPart Kaidan-in