单词 | torma |
释义 | torman. A sacrificial offering burned in a Tibetan Buddhist ceremony. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > burnt > types of wood offering1611 paper money1704 johar1802 yajna1805 torma1895 hell money1940 havan1958 1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet xii. 297 Another food-offering is a high conical cake of dough, butter and sugar, variously coloured, named tormā.., that is, holy food. It is placed on a metal tray supported by a tripod. 1929 D. Macdonald Land of Lama xvii. 205 Everyone makes offerings in the temples, while the monks of the monastery prepare torma, symbolic emblems made of butter, on thin wooden or leather backing, often eight or ten feet high. 1958 Illustr. London News 13 Dec. 1041/1 A set of such figures, known as torma and representing divine personages, spirits and demons, as well as offerings of various forms, are required for every rite conducted by lamas. 1970 R. D. Taring Daughter of Tibet x. 135 On a certain day they burnt tormas (cone-shaped religious sweets). 1979 J. Norbu Horseman in Snow 46 The grass..yields a red dye that is used to colour sacrificial offerings called tormas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1895 |
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