钵
earthenware bowl; alms bowl
Meanings
2 senses · 10 examplesnoun
small earthenware bowl-like container
Commonly used for holding food, water, or grinding medicine.
Mom used the rice bowl to serve a full bowl of rice.
The veteran Chinese medicine practitioner uses a mortar to grind Chinese herbal medicine powder.
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He picked up a full bowl of water and poured it into the flower pot.
This kind of earthenware bowl is suitable for pickling pickled vegetables.
Grandma used an old bowl to store the household sewing supplies.
noun
alms bowl (Buddhist monk's)
formalShortened from 钵多罗, a Buddhist term for the alms bowl carried by Buddhist monks, derived from Sanskrit pātra.
Monks in the temple hold alms bowls to beg for alms.
Ancient monks' alms bowls were mostly made of ceramics or metal.
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This ancient painting depicts the scene of monks begging for food with their alms bowls.
Tibetan Buddhist monks use elaborately decorated bowl-shaped ritual utensils.
Pātra is the formal Sanskrit term for a monk's eating vessel.