衲子

Readings

Pinyin: nàzí

Wade-Giles: na-tzu

Hangul: 납자

Korean MC: napja

Korean MR: napcha

Katakana: ノウス

Hepburn: nōsu

nạp tử

patch-robe monk or nun

• A Buddhist (usually Chan) monk or nun, who wears a robe of patched-together materials. Commonly used by monks in a lighthearted or self-deprecating way to refer to themselves. Syn. with 衲僧.〔臨濟錄 T 1985.47.496a29〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 850

Bulgyo sajeon, 121a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1008b

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 265

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 224b/249

Koga, 372

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 510

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1084b→のっす, 1089a

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4165b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1298-2

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