天竺楽

天竺楽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	竺	楽
てん Grade: 1	じく Jinmeiyō	がく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 天竺 (Tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 楽 (gaku, “music”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) てんじく​がく [tèńjíkúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ᵝɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天竺楽 (hiragana てんじくがく, rōmaji tenjikugaku)

1. Those pieces of music within the gagaku genre that purportedly originated in India.

   Previously viewed as the same as 林 (りん)邑 (ゆう)楽 (がく) (Rin'yūgaku), with differing theories about specific pieces. Some of the gagaku titles included in this category are:

   • 抜 (ば)頭 (とう) (Batō)
   • 陪臚 (ばいろ) (Bairo)
   • 胡飲酒 (こんじゅ) (Konju)
   • 迦 (か)陵 (りょう)頻 (びん) (Karyōbin)
   • 陵 (りょう)王 (おう) (Ryōō)
   • 玉樹 (ぎょくじゅ)後 (こう)庭 (てい)花 (か) (Gyokuju Kōtei Ka)
   • 安 (あ)摩 (ま) (Ama)
   • 扶 (ふ)南 (なん) (Funan)
   • 河 (か)南 (なん)浦 (ぶ) (Kananbu)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN