Akai - Red

Japanese: 閼伽井 - あかい
Akai - Red
〘Noun〙 ("I" means a place to draw water for irrigation. Sometimes it means a well) A well for drawing water for altar offerings in front of the Buddha. By extension, it is also used to mean a well in a temple or graveyard. ※Kanshinji Documents - March 3, 837 ( 4th year of the Jowa era), Draft of Kanshinji Engi Jitsurokucho "There is an Agai well to the southeast of the shrine, called the Ancient Tama well ."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (「井」は、用水をくみ取る所。時に井戸のこと) 仏前に供える閼伽の水をくみ取るための井。転じて、寺院や墓地にある井戸の意にも用いられる。※観心寺文書‐承和四年(837)三月三日・観心寺縁起実録帳案「一於社頭東南一阿伽井、是号独古玉井

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