百ひゃく度ど石いし

noun

stone marker for hundred-times worship

A stone placed at temples or shrines, used as a marker for the practice of 百度参り (hyakudo-mairi), where worshippers walk back and forth a hundred times while praying.

See also: 百度参り (ひゃくどまいり)

• お寺てらの境けい内だいに百ひゃく度ど石いしが立たっている。

  A hyakudo-ishi stands in the temple grounds.

• 百ひゃく度ど石いしの周まわりを百ひゃく度ど回まわると願ねがいが叶かなうと言いわれている。

  It is said that if you walk around the hyakudo-ishi a hundred times, your wish will come true.