Cold purification - Kangori

Japanese: 寒垢離 - かんごり

〘Noun〙① Bathing in cold water during the cold season to purify the body and mind and then pray to the gods and Buddhas. It is also a form of training in which mountain priests and ascetics walk around town in white robes during the cold season, chanting Rokkon Shojo (purifying the six senses) , while bathing in water from buckets placed at the entrances of houses. Cold training. [Season: Winter] [Haikai, Kebukuso (1638)] *Tangihon, Sento Shinwa (1754), 1 "Just like a devotee bathing in cold water to purify himself during the cold season " ② = Kangoori (cold ice)

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 寒中に冷水を浴び心身を清めて、神仏に祈願すること。また、山法師、修験者(しゅげんじゃ)などが寒中に白装束で町を歩き、六根清浄(ろっこんしょうじょう)を唱えながら、家々の戸口に用意した水桶の水を浴びて回る修行。寒行。《季・冬》〔俳諧・毛吹草（1638）〕※談義本・銭湯新話（1754）一「寒垢離(カンゴリ)の願人が水浴るやうに」② ＝かんごおり（寒氷）

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