The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2757 page)

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Zamakhsh
r
(Muslim grammarian):
Zammai
,
also Sanmai.
Japanese pronunciation of
sam
dhi
. Sanmai-do is a meditation hall; in particular, it is a shrine built near a graveyard for the performance of hokke-zanmai rituals for the benefit of ancestors, and thus also any hokke-zanmai-in temple of
Tendai
.
Zamzam
.
The sacred well of
Mecca
, also called the well of
Ism
‘
l
, because, according to tradition, Jibr
l (
Gabriel
) opened it to save Hagar and her son in the desert. Important in the
ajj
, pilgrims hope to dip in, or touch with, its waters the clothes in which they will be buried.

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