淨土真宗指唐之善導呼曰宗家。是為本宗祖家中之翹楚故也。
A name for Shandao 善導 (d. 681), a writer of commentaries on the sutras of the Pure Land sect, and one of its principal literary men; cf. 念佛宗.
一宗家 日本淨土真宗對唐代淨土宗高僧善導之尊稱。以師為該宗諸祖師中之最，故有此稱。又日本真言宗亦稱其開宗之祖空海為宗家，而稱唐代善無畏三藏為疏家。（參閱「善導」6171）p3970