蓮れん華げ台だい

noun

lotus seat; lotus base

Refers specifically to the lotus-shaped pedestal on which Buddhist statues are seated. A technical term in Buddhist art and iconography.

• この仏ぶつ像ぞうの蓮れん華げ台だいには細こまかい彫ちょう刻こくが施ほどこされている。

  The lotus seat of this Buddhist statue is intricately carved.