圓鑑

Readings

Pinyin: yuánjiàn

Wade-Giles: yüan-chien

Hangul: 원감

Korean MC: wongam

Korean MR: wŏngam

Katakana: エンカン

Hepburn: enkan

round mirror

• A round mirror; the clear mirror that is said to have appeared at the time of the birth of Gayāśata 伽耶舍多, the 18th Patriarch in India. In that mirror were reflected all the Buddhist activities in the heavens and in other worlds. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Ina-Z]
• See 秦時鏡. [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 108c

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 58

Han'guk bulgyo inmyeong sajeon (Yi), 202

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