盂兰盆
盂蘭盆Meanings
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- 1.see 盂兰盆会[Yú lán pén huì]
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- 1.helping hungry ghosts who are suffering by offering them food
- 2.basin for holding offerings to the deceased
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Etymology
Commonly thought to have been derived from Sanskrit उल्लम्बन (ullambana, “hanging upside down”), a word that was sparsely, if at all, attested (Ashikaga, 1951). Alternatively, Junjirō Takakusu (apud Ashikaga, 1951) propounded that the origin was in fact Pali ullumbana, a colloquial corruption of Pali ullumpana (“raising up; saving; helping”), and that the etymology was mistakenly attributed to Sanskrit. The second sense is a result of rebracketing of the word as 盂蘭 + 盆 (“basin”).
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