虎皮

Readings

Pinyin: hǔpí

Wade-Giles: hu-p'i

Hangul: 호피

Korean MC: hopi

Korean MR: hop'i

Katakana: コヒ

Hepburn: kohi

the skin of tiger

• Tigerskin. 〔儒釋質疑論 HBJ 7.254c10〕 The skin of tiger used to be regarded as something that can impart magical power. Even today the Hindu practitioners always sit on them. 〔大悲空智經〕〔左傳、僖公二十八年〕[resp. Yao Zhang; source(s): Nakamura]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 347b

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