卒塔婆

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
そつ > そ
Grade: 4
とう
Grade: S

Grade: S
irregular on'yomi goon
Alternative spellings
率塔婆
窣堵婆

From Middle Chinese 卒塔婆 (MC tswit|tshwot|tswot thap ba), in turn a transliteration of Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa, heap, mound, relic-shrine, summit).[1][2][3][4]

The length of the medial /-o-/ vowel has apparently varied somewhat over time. First cited to a text from 850, with the spelling 窣堵婆 (sotoba?).[1] The short-"o" reading sotoba appears to be more common in modern usage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(とう)() (sotōbaそたふば (sotafuba)?

  1. [from 850] (Buddhism) stupa (structure housing Buddhist relics), dagoba
  2. [from 1028] (Buddhism) wooden grave tablet

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
そつ > そ
Grade: 4
とう > と
Grade: S

Grade: S
irregular goon
Alternative spellings
卒塔婆
率塔婆
卒都婆
率都婆

Possibly a sound shift from sotōba. Then again, the length of the medial /-o-/ vowel has apparently varied somewhat over time. First cited to a text from 850, with the spelling 窣堵婆 (sotoba?).[1] The short-"o" reading sotoba appears to be more common in modern usage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()()() (sotoba

  1. [from 850] (Buddhism) stupa (structure housing Buddhist relics), dagoba
  2. [from 1028] (Buddhism) wooden grave tablet
Derived terms
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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 卒都婆・卒塔婆・率都婆”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 卒塔婆”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN