合掌

Readings

Pinyin: hézhǎng

Wade-Giles: ho-chang

Hangul: 합장

Korean MC: hapjang

Korean MR: hapchang

Katakana: ガッショウ

Hepburn: gasshō

hợp chưởng

gesture of joining one's palms and putting them to the breast as an expression of reverence

• A symbolic gesture of reverence, representing the unity of body and mind. The open hands are placed side by side and slightly hollowed. Also written 合十. (Skt. añjali, kṛtâñjali-puṭa; añjalayobaddhvā, añjali-karman, kapotaka, kara-puṭa, kara-saṃpuṭa, kṛta-kara-puṭa, kṛta-kara-saṃpuṭa, kṛtâñjali, kṛtâñjalī, tala-saktikā, daśa-nakha-kṛta-kara-puṭa, daśa-nakha-kṛtvā, daśa-nakhâñjali, pragṛhītâñjali, prasādayati, prāñjali, prāñjali-kṛta, prāñjali-bhūta, sakṛta-kara-puṭa, saṃpuṭā) [resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi, Hirakawa, Iwanami]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 145

Bulgyo sajeon, 921a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 165a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 124

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 73

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 70a/77

Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū), 399/381

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 146

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 183d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2267

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0239

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)445a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 231-2

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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