神体

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
神	体
しん Grade: 3	たい Grade: 2
on’yomi

EtymologyEdit

神 +‎ 体: lit. a god's body

NounEdit

神体 (hiragana しんたい, rōmaji shintai)

1. A physical object or objects, worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as repositories in which spirits or kami reside within.

Coordinate termsEdit

• 御神体 (goshintai)
• 御霊代 (mitamashiro)

See alsoEdit

• 神体 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Shintai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia