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Ullambana (Topical Term)

Preferred form: Ullambana
Used for/see from:
  • All Souls' Day (Buddhism)
  • Bon Festival (Buddhist festival)
  • Bon Matsuri
  • Bonmatsuri
  • Buddhist All Souls' Day
  • Feast of Lanterns
  • Feast of the Dead
  • Festival of Lanterns
  • Festival of Souls
  • Festival of the Dead
  • Lantern Festival
  • Obon
  • Urabon
  • Urabon'e
See also:

Hennepin (Obon)

The New official guide, 1966 (Bon; Feast of the Dead; Festival of Lanterns; Festival of Souls)

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English dict. (Bon; Buddhist All Souls' Day; Feast of Lanterns; Festival of the Dead; Lantern Festival)

Web. 3 (Bon; Feast of Lanterns)

Kodansha encyc. Japan, 1983: pp. 160-161 (Bon Festival; Obon; Urabon; Urabon'e; Ullambana)

Britannica Micro. (Ullambana ("All Souls Day") Buddhist festival based on Chinese and Japanese reverence for ancestors)

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