also: ほいと
being served food outside the meditation hall (Zen)
Only when written 陪堂 · Only with reading ほいとう
Archaic Zen Buddhist term. Refers to the practice of receiving food outside the main meditation hall, a specific monastic custom.
serving food; food served (archaic Zen)
Only when written 陪堂 · Only with reading ほいとう
Archaic; broader sense of serving or providing food, derived from the Zen context. Rarely used outside historical or religious texts.
Only with reading ほいと
Archaic term for begging or a beggar. The reading ほいと is used for this sense, and the kanji forms 乞児 and 乞食 are rare historical spellings.
The word 陪堂 appears in old Zen temple records.
The custom of 陪堂 was part of old Zen Buddhist rituals.
The spelling 乞児 can be found in Edo-period documents.
Archaic Zen term; the kanji 陪堂 is specifically associated with the reading ほいとう and the temple food senses.
Archaic spelling for beggar; 乞児 is a rare kanji form for the begging sense.
Archaic spelling for beggar; 乞食 is a rare kanji form for the begging sense.
Kana spelling for the archaic begging sense; may be encountered in historical texts.
A Zen term derived from Chinese 陪堂, originally referring to receiving food outside the meditation hall. The senses involving begging and beggars developed from this monastic usage.