pure land

pure land

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Alternative forms

• Pure Land

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 淨土／净土 (jìngtǔ) and Japanese 浄土 (jōdo), both meaning "pure land".

Noun

pure land (plural pure lands)

1. (Buddhism) The celestial realm or pure abode of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism.

Synonyms

• jodo; see also Thesaurus:afterlife

Translations

celestial realm

Chinese: Cantonese: 淨土, 净土 (zing6 tou2) Mandarin: 淨土／净土 (zh) (jìngtǔ) Finnish: puhdas maa Japanese: 浄土 (ja) (じょうど, jōdo) Korean: 정토 (jeongto) Portuguese: terra pura Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: tịnh độ (vi)

Anagrams

• pendular, underlap, uplander