独鈷

とっこ

Also written どっこ, 独古, 独股

Meanings

1. Noun single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko (i.e.: copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals)
2. cloth of a tokko pattern

Kanji

• 独 alone. Read as トク.
• 鈷 cobalt. Read as コ.

Words containing 独鈷

• 独鈷石 (とっこいし) ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)

Word lists

• Buddhism

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