Karin

Japanese: 火輪 - かりん

〘 noun 〙① Something that looks like a ring of fire. ※Joruri, Kokusenya Gojitsu Kassen (1717), wedding ceremony three offerings: "The hands of fire are like the hands of the other, the wind wheels are like fire, and the three worlds are broken by this battle." [Yuan Zhen - Heli Gyoshu Shindai Yuefu - Hu Xuannu] ② (from the meaning of ring of fire) Another name for the sun. Sun wheel. ※Joruri, Nihon Furisode Hajime (1718), 5: "When I pull it, it takes the shape of a thousand- foot giant serpent, its eyes like faint rings of fire." [Han Yu - Poem of the Peach Blossom Land] ③ = Kasha (fire wheel) ①※Two Days' Tale (1892-1901)〈Koda Rohan〉 Konoichi "I threw away the ox cart that brought the message of the law, and thought of riding on the ring of fire that brought sin . " ④ Buddhist term. In esoteric Buddhism, this is one of the five wheels that make up all existence. It is depicted as a red triangle. The mudra that resembles this is called the fire wheel mudra. *Shoreishu - 10 (1079) Ten Parables Poems, Eishun Fire Wheel Mudra "The fire _wheel follows the hands and circles. It can be transformed in various ways _{and the mind} changes" ⑤ Abbreviation of "karinsha (fire wheel cart)" and "karinsen (fire wheel ship)". [Kyoei Jukujiten (1874)] *Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun - August 13, 1885 "The sea waves are calm, and the operation of the fire wheel is particularly smooth."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 火が輪のように見えるもの。※浄瑠璃・国性爺後日合戦（1717）嫁入式三献「火の手はたの手さんらんし、風輪火りんあぶれ出、三界やぶるる斗也」〔元稹‐和李校書新題楽府・胡旋女〕② (火の輪の意から) 太陽の異称。日輪。※浄瑠璃・日本振袖始（1718）五「たぐれば千尋の大蛇(おろち)が形、眼は火輪ほのほのそびら」〔韓愈‐桃源図詩〕③ ＝かしゃ（火車）①※二日物語（1892‐1901）〈幸田露伴〉此一日「法の便りの牛車を棄て、罪の齎(もた)らす火輪(クヮリン)にも駕さんとは思したまふ」④ 仏語。密教で、一切の存在を五輪からなるものとしたその一つ。赤色で三角と表現されるもの。これを象った印相を火輪の印という。※性霊集‐一〇（1079）十喩詩・詠旋火輪喩「火輪随_レ手方与円。種々変形任_レ意遷」⑤ 「かりんしゃ（火輪車）」「かりんせん（火輪船）」などの略。〔広益熟字典（1874）〕※東京日日新聞‐明治一八年（1885）八月一三日「海波静穏にして、火輪の運転も殊に快駛なり」

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