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Definition[1]
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The nine "Indian" ways of showing respect, according to Xuanzang — asking about welfare; bowing the head; holding high the hands; bowing with folded hands; bending the knee; kneeling; hands and knees on the ground; elbows and knees ditto; the whole body prostrate.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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（名數）九等之儀禮也。此為印度古來所行之致敬式。西域記第二謂「致敬之式，其儀九等：一發言慰問、二俯首示敬、三舉手高揖、四合掌平拱、五屈膝、六長跪、七手膝據地、八五輪俱屈、九五體投地。」是也。又出釋氏要覽中。
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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