A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

Buddhist Names 13?
insect called the Koromo-semi, or " Priest's-robe
cicada," because the general form and color of
the creature, when resting with closed wings,
really suggest the figure of a priest in his
" koromo." But unless you had seen the insect,
and the kind of " koromo " thus referred to, you
could not appreciate the graphic worth of the
appellation.
Very remarkable Buddhist names have been
given to some species of birds. There is a bird,
known to ornithologists as Eurystomus orientalis,
which is called Bupposo, because its cry resembles
the sound of the word Bupposo. This word is a
Japanese equivalent for the Sanscrit term Triratna
or Ratnatraya, — " Three Jewels " — ; the syl-
lable Bu standing for Butsu, " the Buddha " ;
po, for ho, "the Law" ; and so, for "the Priest-
hood." The bird is also called Sambocho, or
"the Sambd-bvcd "; — the word " Sambo" being
a literal translation of Triratna. Another bird,
of which I do not know the scientific appellation,
is called the Jihishincho, or " Compassionate-
Mind-Bird," — because its call resembles the
utterance of the phrase Jihi-sUn, " Compassion-
ate Mind," which forms one of the epithets of