剎土
See also: 刹土
Chinese
| to brake (car); Buddhist monastery or temple; a brief moment | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (剎土) | 剎 | 土 | |
| simp. (刹土) | 刹 | 土 | |
Etymology
Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra) combined with Chinese 土 (tǔ). Displaced by 世界 (shìjiè) in later translations.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chàtǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chàtǔ
- Wade–Giles: chʻa4-tʻu3
- Yale: chà-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahtuu
- Palladius: чату (čatu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
剎土
- (Buddhism, archaic) world.
- Synonym: 世界 (shìjiè)
- 即從坐起語阿難曰：「我今已觀三千大千剎土而不見之。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 增壹阿含經
- Jí cóng zuò qǐ yǔ Ānán yuē: “Wǒ jīn yǐ guān sānqiāndàqiān chàtǔ ér bù jiàn zhī.” [Pinyin]
- He arose from his seat and spoke to Ananda, saying: "I have observed the trichiliocosm of worlds and do not see it."
即从坐起语阿难曰：「我今已观三千大千刹土而不见之。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “剎土” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].