娑婆世界

Chinese

		world of endurance; outside world; this world	world; the World
trad. (娑婆世界)		娑婆	世界
simp. #(娑婆世界)		娑婆	世界

Etymology

From Sanskrit सहालोकधातु (sahālokadhātu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Suōpó shìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄆㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Suōpó shìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄆㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Suopó shìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: So¹-pʻo² shih⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: Swō-pwó shr̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suopor shyhjieh
    • Palladius: Сопо шицзе (Sopo šicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Proper noun

娑婆世界

1. (Buddhism) the Sahā world-system (which includes the present world)

   • 時娑婆世界即變清淨，琉璃為地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     时娑婆世界即变清净，琉璃为地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 妙法蓮華經

     Shí Suōpóshìjiè jí biàn qīngjìng, liúlí wèi dì. [Pinyin]

     Then the Sahā world immediately became pure, with lapis lazuli for its earth.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (娑婆世界):

• → Japanese: 娑(しゃ)婆(ば)世(せ)界(かい) (shabasekai)
• → Korean: 사바세계(娑婆世界) (sabasegye)
• → Vietnamese: ta bà thế giái (娑婆世界)