Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: S

Hyōgaiji
kan’on goon on’yomi

Transliteration of Sanskrit स्वाहा (svāhā).[1]

Noun edit

()()() (sobaka

  1. (Buddhism, rare) word added to the end of a mantra, used as an intention for blessing, good luck, etc., or as an oblation


Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
は > わ
Grade: S

Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Transliteration of Sanskrit स्वाहा (svāhā).[2] Attested from the 13th century.

Noun edit

()()() (sowakaそはか (sofaka)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 薩婆訶 (sowaka): word added to the end of a mantra, used as an intention for blessing, good luck, etc., or as an oblation

References edit

  1. ^ 蘇婆訶”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  2. ^ 蘇婆訶・薩婆訶”, in 精選版 日本国語大辞典 [Selected edition: Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), Shogakukan, 2005