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

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