薩埵

See also: 萨埵

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (薩埵)		薩	埵
simp. (萨埵)		萨	埵

Etymology

From Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, “being, existence”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sàduǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sàduǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sàduǒ
  - Wade–Giles: sa⁴-to³
  - Yale: sà-dwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sahduoo
  - Palladius: садо (sado)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹ tu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: sat twaX

Rime
Character	薩	埵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	桑割切	丁果切
Baxter	sat	twaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sat̚/	/twa^X/
Li Rong	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑ^X/
Wang Li	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sa	duǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saat³	do²

Noun

薩埵

(Buddhism) sentient beings, living things
Synonym: 有情 (yǒuqíng)
(Buddhism) short for 菩提薩埵／菩提萨埵 (pútísàduǒ, “bodhisattva”)
Synonym: 菩薩 / 菩萨 (púsà)

Derived terms

摩訶薩埵 / 摩诃萨埵 (móhēsàduǒ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (薩埵):

→ Japanese: 薩(さっ)埵(た) (satta)

References

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “薩埵” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薩	埵
さち > さっ Jinmeiyō	た Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薩埵 (MC sat twaX), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, “being, existence”)^[1]^[2] or Pali satta (“being”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さった [sáꜜttà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠t̚ta̠]

Noun

薩(さっ)埵(た) • (satta)

(Buddhism) sentient beings, all living things; by extension, the world
Synonyms: 有情 (ujō), 衆生 (shujō)
(Buddhism) short for 菩提薩埵 (bodai-satta): bodhisattva
Synonym: 菩薩 (bosatsu)

Derived terms

薩埵(さった)峠(とうげ) (Satta-tōge)
金剛(こんごう)薩埵(さった) (Kongōsatta, “Vajrasattva”)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)薩埵(さった) (bodai-satta, “bodhisattva”)

Proper noun

薩(さっ)埵(た) • (Satta)

(Buddhism) short for 菩薩王子 (Satta-ōji): name of a past reincarnation of the Gautama Buddha (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
(Buddhism) short for 金剛菩薩 (Kongōsatta): Vajrasattva

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN