the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to a favorite disciple

A bowl used by Buddhist monks or nuns to collect food and alms.

earthen bowl or a similar round container used for holding food or drinks

(of Buddhist monks) to go about with an alms bowl begging for food or charity

a protective pottery container used to fire ceramics in a kiln

an earthen pot or ceramic bowl; used in Shanghainese and other regional dialects

A small bowl-shaped vessel used for grinding medicines or solids into fine powder; commonly used in science or traditional medicine.

A bowl-shaped vessel used for grinding and crushing substances; often used together with a pestle.

to pass on one's mantle or trade to disciples; to teach a student everything one knows; originally referred to the Zen Buddhist practice of passing down a robe and bowl as proof of lineage succession

To hand down a tradition, skill, or teachings from teacher to disciple; originally a Buddhist term referring to the inheritance of a master's robe and alms bowl.

udumbara tree or its fruit, sometimes identified as a cluster fig or common fig

(bound form) flower of the udumbara tree, often associated in Buddhist scripture with rarity and the queen of the night cactus

The ideas, academic traditions, or skills passed down through a family across generations

a mendicant religious order in Catholicism, such as the Franciscan order

Buddhist monk who lives on alms or food gathered from donors in a bowl

a bowl used for grinding substances with a pestle; a mortar and pestle set

transliteration of the Greek god Apollo

a generic term for pottery or earthenware vessels

To follow in someone's footsteps; to carry on the tradition or work of a predecessor or master.

To have inherited the secret teachings or authentic mantle of a master, often referring to a student who has fully mastered their teacher's specific thoughts, skills, or academic craft.

the gold alms bowl belonging to a Buddhist monk

monk's alms bowl; transliteration of the Sanskrit word patra

Melbourne, a city in Australia