MONASTIC BUILDING  

PUBLIC BUILDING that is PART of a MONASTERY.
Hypernym
  • PUBLIC BUILDINGBUILDING USED by OFFICIALS FOR WORK.
    • BUILDINGBIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON.
See also

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • NP : 17

    Attributions by text

    • 祖堂集 : 9
    • 臨濟錄 : 6
    • 妙法蓮華經 : 1
    • 六祖壇經 : 1

    Words

    僧堂  sēng táng OC: sɯɯŋ daaŋ MC: səŋ dɑŋ 8 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: sangha hall, monks' hall (usually used for meditation and other monastic activities)
    法堂  fǎ táng OC: pab daaŋ MC: pi̯ɐp dɑŋ 5 AttributionsWD
    • 續高僧傳 Xù gāosēng zhuàn Continued Records of Eminent Monks Taishō ( XUGAOSENGZHUAN) p. 793b1-4

      昔釋道安於上州東寺造堂七間。曇翼後造五間。連甍接棟橫列十二。云此堂中講四經三論各數十遍。不於文外別有撰述。

      Compare also 六學僧傳:上明東寺,法堂十二間,蓋道安,曇翼所造

    • 中國佛教百科全書 Zhōngguó fójiào bǎikē quánshū Encyclopedic Book Collection on Chinese Buddhism ( YANG WEIZHONG 2000) p. 44-45

      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: dharma-hall (this refers to one of the main buildings of a Buddhist monastery, also called lecture-hall (jiǎngtáng 講堂). The word appears already in sūtra literature and an early reference can be found in XGSZ. The dharma-hall is usually equipped with an image of Buddha, the dharma-seat (fǎzuò 法座), bells and drums, and other items; the dharma-hall is used for lectures by the master and ritual activities such as chanting the Buddhist scriptures)
    講堂  jiǎng táng OC: krooŋʔ daaŋ MC: kɣɔŋ dɑŋ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: lecture-hall (this is an alternative for the dharma-hall, see fǎtáng 法堂)
    文殊堂  wén shū táng OC: mɯn djo daaŋ MC: mi̯un dʑi̯o dɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: building in Buddhist monasteries dedicated to Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, who represents wisdom and enlightenment
    涅盤堂  niè pán táng OC: m-liiɡ baan daaŋ MC: net bʷɑn dɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: nirvāṇa-hall

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