悉曇
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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悉 | 曇 |
しつ > しっ Jinmeiyō |
たん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 悉曇文字 (Shittan moji, literally “Siddham script”)
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 悉曇 (MC sit dom), from Sanskrit सिद्धं (siddhaṃ).
Proper noun
悉曇 • (Shittan) ←しつたん (situtan)?
- Siddham, a Sanskrit writing system. Used (still occasionally today) in Japanese Buddhism.
Synonyms
- 梵字 (bonji)
Hypernyms
- 梵字 (bonji)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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