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daibutsu
[ dahy-boot-soo, -boot-; Japanese dahy-boo-tsoo ]
noun
- a large representation of the Buddha.
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Near by on a slight eminence stands a huge bronze image of Buddha, twenty-one and one-half feet high, called the Daibutsu.
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Thus, for the Nara Daibutsu, the mould was constructed in a series of steps ascending 12 in.
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Papa Claude corralled him in the corner with the Daibutsu and pompously presented each guest in turn.
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Only the Daibutsu images, some bells, and other instruments of worship form exceptions to this.
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Daibutsu images evidently stand in the same relation to the works of private sculptors as folk-poetry to that of individual bards.
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