人にん頭ず幢どう

noun

Yama's pole with a human head on top

A Buddhist ritual implement associated with Yama, the judge of the dead; a pole topped with a sculpted human head. Rare, domain-specific term encountered mainly in Buddhist art and texts.

See also: 閻魔

• 閻えん魔まの持もつ人にん頭ず幢どうは、死し者しゃの罪ざい業ごうを映うつすとされる。

  Yama's pole with a human head is said to reflect the sins of the dead.