卒塔婆

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
卒	塔	婆
そ Grade: 4	とう Grade: S	ば Grade: S
irregular

Transliteration of Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa, “heap, mound, relic-shrine, summit”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Via Middle Chinese?”)

Alternative forms

• 率塔婆

Noun

卒(そ)塔(とう)婆(ば) • (sotōba) ^{←そたふば (sotafuba)?}

1. (Buddhism) stupa (structure housing Buddhist relics), dagoba
2. (Buddhism) wooden grave tablet

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
卒	塔	婆
そ Grade: 4	と Grade: S	ば Grade: S
irregular

Likely a sound shift from sotōba above. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• 卒都婆, 率塔婆

Noun

卒(そ)塔(と)婆(ば) • (sotoba) 

1. (Buddhism) stupa (structure housing Buddhist relics), dagoba
2. (Buddhism) wooden grave tablet

Derived terms

• 町石(ちょうせき)卒塔婆(そとば) (chōseki sotoba)

See also

• 舎(しゃ)利(り)塔(とう) (sharitō)