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斛食

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: boxed rice offering

Senses:

  • Offering 供養 of rice in a square box 桝 to hungry ghosts 餓鬼 and all the spirits of the three realms 三界萬靈. Offerings are described in section 7 of Chixiu Baizhang qinggui 敕修百丈淸規. This was originally an indicator of amount, anciently referring to 10 dou 斗 and more recently to 5 dou. 〔百丈淸規 T 2025.48.1155a13〕 [Lisa Kochinski; source(s): Ui, ZGDJT, Yokoi, Nakamura, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 314

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 0334a

    Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū) 559/549

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 388

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 411d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4612

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 462-1

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    Entry created: 2020-12-22