khakkhara
English
Etymology
Borrowed from
Sanskrit
खक्खर
(
khakkhara
,
“
beggar’s staff
”
)
.
Noun
khakkhara
(
plural
khakkharas
)
(
religion
)
a monk's
staff
used especially by a
Buddhist
mendicant
as a tool for
begging
or as a
weapon
Translations
Translations
Chinese:
Mandarin:
錫杖
/
锡杖
(zh)
(
xīzhàng/xízhàng
)
,
禪杖
/
禅杖
(zh)
(
chánzhàng
)
Japanese:
錫杖
(ja)
(
しゃくじょう
,
shakujō
)
Korean:
석장(錫杖)
(ko)
(
seokjang
)
Tibetan:
འཁར་གསིལ
(
'khar gsil
)
Vietnamese:
tích trượng
(
錫杖
),
thiền trượng
(
禪杖
)