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Change log entry 58837
Processed by: ycandau (2015-09-28 20:21:24 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 55628 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
M ~ 佛教用語。僧徒傳戒之所。
Z ~ 僧徒传戒之坛。

"According to one account, the first ordination platform in China was erected in 434 at Nan-lin-ssu temple in Chien-k'ang. In 667 Tao-hsüan, the founder of the Nan-shan branch of the Precepts school (Ly) , erected an ordination platform at Ching-yeh-ssu temple on the outskirts of Ch'ang-an."
http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Ordination_platform

"The ordination platform (Ch. jietan, Jp. kaidan) is an architectural space designed for carrying out Buddhist ordination rituals. [...] Many scholars believe that they were a Chinese invention, which later also flourished in Japan."
-- "The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism" [Google Books]
Diff:
- 戒壇 戒坛 [jie4 tan2] /the place for monastic vows (e.g. altar)/
+ 戒壇 戒坛 [jie4 tan2] /ordination platform in a Buddhist temple/
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