蓮れん台だい

noun

lotus-shaped pedestal for Buddhist images

Only when written 蓮台

Specifically a pedestal shaped like a lotus flower, used to support statues or images of the Buddha in temples and altars.

• 本ほん堂どうの中ちゅう央おうに、金こん色じきの蓮れん台だいに座すわった阿あ弥み陀だ如にょ来らい像ぞうが安あん置ちされている。

  In the center of the main hall, a statue of Amida Nyorai seated on a golden lotus pedestal is enshrined.

noun

river palanquin; river litter

Historical term for a palanquin used to cross rivers, carried by bearers. Rare in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大おおきな川かわを渡わたる際さいには蓮れん台だいが使つかわれた。

  During the Edo period, river palanquins were used when crossing large rivers.