Nanto Rokushu' (also called 'Nanto Rikushu') is the general term of the six Buddhist sects which flourished mainly in Heijo-kyo (the capital of Japan in the Nara period) in the Nara period.
南都六宗（なんとろくしゅう/-りくしゅう）とは、奈良時代、平城京を中心に栄えた仏教の6つの宗派の総称。