舎利子

See also: 舍利子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舎	利	子
しゃ Grade: 5	り Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
舍利子 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 舍利子 (MC syaeX|syaeH lijH tsiX).

Literally “Śāri's son”, or erroneously, “Master Śāri”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ɾʲiɕi]

Proper noun

舎(しゃ)利(り)子(し) • (Sharishi) 

1. (Buddhism) Synonym of 舎利弗 (Sharihotsu): Śāriputra, one of the disciples of Gautama Buddha
   • 7th century, Shorter Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya Sutra (translation by Xuanzang)

     舎(しゃ)利(り)子(し)。色(しき)不(ふ)異(い)空(くう)。空(くう)不(ふ)異(い)色(しき)。色(しき)即(そく)是(ぜ)空(くう)。空(くう)即(そく)是(ぜ)色(しき)。受(じゅ)想(そう)行(ぎょう)識(しき)亦(やく)復(ぶ)如(にょ)是(ぜ)。舎(しゃ)利(り)子(し)。是(ぜ)諸法(しょほう)空相(くうそう)。不(ふ)生(しょう)不(ふ)滅(めつ)。不(ふ)垢(く)不(ふ)浄(じょう)。不(ふ)増(ぞう)不(ふ)減(げん)。

     Sharishi, shiki fu i kū, kū fu i shiki, shiki soku ze kū, kū soku ze shiki. Ju sō gyō shiki, yaku bu nyoze. Sharishi, ze shohō kūsō, fu shō fu metsu, fu ku fu jō, fu zō fu gen.

     “Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form[,] form is exactly emptiness; emptiness exactly form. The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness. Shariputra, all things are marked by emptiness: not born, not destroyed, not tainted, not pure, without gain, without loss.”