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

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• 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

1. (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].