薩埵

薩埵

See also: 萨埵

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (薩埵)		薩	埵
simp. (萨埵)		萨	埵

Etymology

From Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, “being, existence”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàduǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàduǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàduǒ
    • Wade–Giles: sa⁴-to³
    • Yale: sà-dwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sahduoo
    • Palladius: садо (sado)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹ twɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑt̚  tuɑ^X/

Rime
Character	薩	埵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	寒 (63)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	桑割切	丁果切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sat̚/	/twaX/
Li Rong	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑX/
Wang Li	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑt̚/	/tuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sa	duǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saat3	do2

Noun

薩埵

1. (Buddhism) sentient beings, living things

   Synonym: 有情 (yǒuqíng)

2. (Buddhism) Short for 菩提薩埵／菩提萨埵 (pútísàduǒ, “bodhisattva”).

   Synonym: 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà)

Derived terms

摩訶薩埵／摩诃萨埵 (móhēsàduǒ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (薩埵):

• → Japanese: 薩(さっ)埵(た) (satta)

References

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “薩埵” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
薩	埵
さち > さっ Jinmeiyō	た Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薩埵 (MC sɑt̚ tuɑ^X), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, “being, existence”)[1][2] or Pali satta (“being”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) さ​った [sáꜜttà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠t̚ta̠]

Noun

薩(さっ)埵(た) • (satta) 

1. (Buddhism) sentient beings, all living things; by extension, the world

   Synonyms: 有情 (ujō), 衆生 (shujō)

2. (Buddhism) Short for 菩提薩埵 (bodai-satta): bodhisattva

   Synonym: 菩薩 (bosatsu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 薩埵(さった)峠(とうげ) (Satta-tōge)
• 金剛(こんごう)薩埵(さった) (Kongōsatta, “Vajrasattva”)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)薩埵(さった) (bodai-satta, “bodhisattva”)

Proper noun

薩(さっ)埵(た) • (Satta) 

1. (Buddhism) Short for 菩薩王子 (Satta-ōji): name of a past reincarnation of the Gautama Buddha (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. (Buddhism) Short for 金剛菩薩 (Kongōsatta): Vajrasattva

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN