单词 | pansala |
释义 | pansalan. In Sri Lanka: the dwelling or hermitage of a Buddhist monk; the living-quarters of a Buddhist monastery. Also: the monastery itself; that part of a Buddhist temple complex that is for the monks. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [noun] > Buddhist pansala1821 1821 J. Davy Acct. Interior Ceylon vii. 221 There is generally a neat pansol or dwelling-house for priests. 1843 J. W. Bennett Ceylon & its Capabilities xi. 90 The Buddhist priests..allowed depots of nuts to be formed at the various Panselas. 1850 R. S. Hardy Eastern Monachism xiii. 129 The dwelling of the priest is called a pansala. 1896 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 25 106 [The] High Priest of Kotmalè Pansala..informed me that the areca-nut flowers were intended as an offering to the gods, who are held to have great love for them. 1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle i. 12 He had fallen ill..and had stayed for a month or two in the priest's pansala. 1927 Missionary Herald (Boston) Sept. 219/2 Mr. Weeraratua went to see him at his pansala and talked to him about Christ. 1980 Amer. Ethnologist 4 750 At the pansala..Nanda..smokes cigars. Is that good or bad? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821 |
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