剎土

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See also: 刹土

Chinese

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to brake (car); Buddhist monastery or temple; a brief moment
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
trad. (剎土)
simp. (刹土)

Etymology

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Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra) combined with Chinese (). Displaced by 世界 (shìjiè) in later translations.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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剎土

  1. (Buddhism, archaic) world.
    Synonym: 世界 (shìjiè)

Further reading

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