方丈

An abbot, [lang id =1028]寺主 head of a monastery; the term is said to arise from the ten-foot cubic dwelling in which [lang id =1028]維摩 Vimalakirti lived, but here seems to be no Sanskrit equivalent.

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寺廟的住持和尚。 相傳維摩居士所住的石室， 長寬祇有一丈， 方丈之名， 即是由此而來。