緊きん箍こ児じ

noun

magical circlet; tightening fillet

A fictional object from the Chinese classic Journey to the West (西遊記). It is a golden headband given by Guanyin to the monk Xuanzang to control the Monkey King Sun Wukong; when a special sutra is chanted, the band tightens and causes pain.

• 緊きん箍こ児じは孫そん悟ご空くうの頭あたまに嵌はめられた輪わっかで、お経きょうを唱となえると締しめ付つけられる。

  The 緊箍児 is a circlet placed on Sun Wukong's head that tightens when a sutra is chanted.