单词 | prayer wall |
释义 | > as lemmasprayer wall prayer wall n. Buddhism (esp. in Tibet) a wall on which prayers are inscribed; = mani wall at mani n.2 ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > prayer-wall mani1818 mendang1854 prayer wall1872 Wailing Wall1878 Western Wall1899 1872 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 68/2 When adorning the head of religious books, or when engraved upon the slabs resting on the prayer-walls, the letters of the formula are often so combined as to form an anagram. 1938 Folk-lore 49 383 On the 15th day of the 1st month, males and females circumambulate prayer walls and monasteries in order to obtain merit. 2002 K. Jamie Among Muslims v. 159 And there's the mani walls. You'd notice them, either side of Askole... Buddhist prayer walls. < as lemmas |
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