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钵

bō

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Definitions

  1. 1. small earthenware plate or basin
  2. 2. a monk's alms bowl
  3. 3. Sanskrit paatra

Words Containing 钵

研钵
yán bō

mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)

钵头
bō tóu

earthen bowl (Shanghainese)

盆钵
pén bō

generic term for pottery

钵盂
bō yú

alms bowl

乳钵
rǔ bō

small mortar used for grinding medicines into a powder (TCM)

继承衣钵
jì chéng yī bō

to take up sb's mantle

墨尔钵
mò ěr bō

see 墨爾本|墨尔本[mò ěr běn]

托钵修会
tuō bō xiū huì

mendicant religious order in Catholicism

衣钵
yī bō

the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism)