九く輪りん

noun

kurin; nine rings on a pagoda finial

A Buddhist architectural element: nine stacked rings on the spire (finial) of a pagoda, symbolizing the nine realms of existence or the nine virtues of the Buddha.

• 五重塔ごじゅうのとうの先せん端たんにある九く輪りんは、仏ぶっ教きょう的てきな意い味みを持もつ装そう飾しょくです。

  The kurin at the top of the five-story pagoda is an ornament with Buddhist significance.