Pāli Dictionary

pārupana

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

var1覆蓋;衣;制止


monastic

  • 披衣;外袍

  • a cloak; an outer robe

Encyclopedia

Pārupanā
Otherapproximate
  • 十八世紀緬甸一場關於袈裟披著方式之爭中,兩派之一的名稱;此派主張應覆蓋雙肩,而對立的「單肩派」則主張覆蓋一肩即可。

  • The name of one of two rival factions in an eighteenth-century Burmese controversy over how the monastic robe should be worn, holding that both shoulders must be covered, against their opponents who held that covering one shoulder sufficed.

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