頭ず陀だ

noun

ascetic practices; self-mortification

Buddhist term for rigorous ascetic discipline, especially renouncing attachment to food, clothing, and shelter. Often associated with the historical Buddha's path.

• 釈しゃ迦かは六ろく年ねん間かんの頭ず陀だ行ぎょうの末すえに悟さとりを開ひらいた。

  Shakyamuni attained enlightenment after six years of ascetic practices.

noun

religious mendicancy; mendicant monk

Refers to the practice of begging for alms as a religious discipline, or a monk who lives by begging. A traditional Buddhist monastic practice.

• 頭ず陀だの僧そうは托たく鉢はつに出でかけた。

  The mendicant monk went out to beg for alms.

noun

sack; carry-all bag

Abbreviation of 頭陀袋 (ずだぶくろ), a cloth bag traditionally carried by mendicant monks. Now used for any large cloth carry-all.

See also: 頭陀袋

• 「頭ず陀だ袋ぶくろ」の略りゃくで、布ぬの製せいの大おおきな袋ふくろを指さすことがある。

  An abbreviation of 頭陀袋, it can refer to a large cloth bag.