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錫杖

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Basic Meaning: monkʼs staff

Senses:

  • Traditionally carried while on long journeys or climbing mountains. Metal rings at the top of the staff are intended to sound an alert to any small animals (including dangerous ones, like snakes) in the carrierʼs path. One of the eighteen possessions of a monk 十八物. The Skt. khakharaka is transliterated as 喫棄羅. Also translated as 鳴杖 and 聲杖 (Skt. khakkharaka; yaṣṭi, khiṅkhirikā, New. úilāpûpau). 〔四分律 T 1428.22.694a5, 梵網經 T 1484.24.1008a14〕 [Iain Sinclair]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 476

    Bulgyo sajeon 450a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 469c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 381

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 294, 329

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 267b/295

    Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū) 780/787

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 624

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 616b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6324

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1191

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2152c,1734b,2780a, (v.9-10)398b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 599-3*688-1-2*802-1

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2011-08-18