pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat
Obsolete term referring to strong-smelling vegetables (such as garlic, onions, leeks) and meat with a raw odor, often in the context of Buddhist dietary restrictions.
Monks were supposed to avoid pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat.
The word 葷羶 is hardly used nowadays.
Modern term for Buddhist vegetarian cuisine, which avoids both 葷 (pungent vegetables) and 羶 (meat).
Obsolete kanji spelling; both characters are rare. 葷 refers to strong-smelling vegetables, 羶 to the smell of raw meat.
Variant spelling using 膻 instead of 羶; equally rare and obsolete.
From Chinese 葷羶 (hūnshān), combining 葷 'strong-smelling vegetables' and 羶 'rank smell of meat'. The term entered Japanese through Buddhist texts and is now obsolete.