劫貝

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Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (劫貝)
simp. (劫贝)

Etymology

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From Sanskrit कार्पास (kārpāsa).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (1)
Final () (147) (25)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter kjaep pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐp̚/ /pɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐp̚/ /pɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɐp̚/ /pɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨap̚/ /pajH/
Li
Rong
/kiap̚/ /pɑiH/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐp̚/ /pɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐp̚/ /pɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie bèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gip3 bui3

Noun

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劫貝

  1. (Buddhism) cotton
    阿難:「洗浴劫貝周遍纏身疊次。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    阿难:「洗浴劫贝周遍缠身叠次。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 長阿含經
    Fó gào Ānán: “Shèngwáng zàng fǎ, xiān yǐ xiāng tāng xǐyù qí tǐ, yǐ xīn jiébèi zhōubiàn chánshēn, yǐ wǔbǎi zhāng diécì rú chán zhī.” [Pinyin]
    The Buddha told Ananda: "As for the funerary procedure for a sage-king, first use fragrant water to wash his body, then take fresh cotton to wrap his body all over, repeatedly binding [it] five hundred times."