畜生
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- (sort=ちくしょう) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life
- (sort=ちくしょう) a person
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit तिर्यञ्च् (the organic world, a beast), तिर्यग्योनि (animal creation).
Origin
Sanskrit
तिर्यग्योनि
Gloss
animal creation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- この Japanese
- こん Japanese
- こん畜生 Japanese
- तिर्यग्योनि Sanskrit
- तिर्यञ्च् Sanskrit
- 畜生 Chinese
- tiracchānayoni Pali