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
(Pinyin): chàtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄊㄨˇ

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⁾/

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.]
  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.]
  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."

Further reading

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

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