main hall

Summary

main hall ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• main hall is a type of dō^[2].
• main hall is a type of hall^[3].
• main hall is part of Buddhist temple^[4].
• main hall is part of Seven hall configrement of sangharama^[5].
• main hall's Commons category is recorded as Main Halls (Japanese Buddhism)^[6].
• main hall's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Main Halls (Japanese Buddhism)^[7].
• main hall's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja-hani', 'text': '本堂'}^[8].
• main hall's name in kana is recorded as ほんどう^[9].
• main hall's name in kana is recorded as ほんだう^[10].
• main hall's revised Hepburn romanization is recorded as hondō^[11].
• main hall's contains is recorded as honzon^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dō^[2] and hall^[3].

Use and Application

Part of include Buddhist temple^[4] and Seven hall configrement of sangharama^[5], a k-permutation^[13], in Japan^[14].

Why It Matters

main hall ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]