Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

DDB Top Page 
 
 
  XML source

禪鎭

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditation weight

Senses:

  • 鎭 is a 'weight' (made of wood or nephrite [cheap, whitish jade (ke 珂) ] tied to the top of the head with a string attached to the ears. If the meditator dozes off and tilts to the side, the weight will wake him up. See 出曜經 (T 212.4.639c24-25); also 釋氏要覽 T 2127.54.297b7. [Griffith Foulk; source(s): T212]
  • A wooden scepter used to warn monks against their dozing while doing seated meditation. Not much used nowadays. [Note: This definition is based only on the information given in Nakamura and Soothill. The above definition by Griffith Foulk is based directly on his reading of the source text. ] 〔十誦律〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Yokoi]
  • Search SAT
  • Search INBUDS Database

    • Feedback

    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 648

    Bulgyo sajeon 458a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 696d

    Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū) 775/782

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 837

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 856b

    Fo Guang Dictionary {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1064-1

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)534b

    Soothill 461

    Copyright provisions

    The rights to textual segments (nodes) of the DDB are owned by the author indicated in the brackets next to each segment. For rights regarding the compilation as a whole, please contact Charles Muller. Please do not reproduce without permission. And please do not copy into Wikipedia without proper citation!

    Entry created: 2003-02-14

    Updated: 2014-07-06