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Definition[1]

佛稱法王,則菩薩便是法臣。

Source
陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[2]

指菩薩。佛又稱法王,對此,菩薩則稱法臣,以菩薩輔翼法王弘通佛法,故稱法臣。安樂集卷下(大四七‧一五上):「佛是無上法王,菩薩為法臣,所尊所重唯佛世尊。」大智度論卷七則作法將,與法臣同義。(參閱「法將」3384)

Source
佛光電子大辭典
Page
p3345
Definition[3]

Ministers of the Law, i.e. bodhisattvas; the Buddha is King of the Law, these are his ministers.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
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