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兜率 (とそつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

兜と率そつ

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Meanings

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Tusita heaven; Tusita pure land

abbreviationBuddhism›

Abbreviation of 兜率天 (Tosotsuten), the fourth of the six heavens in the desire realm in Buddhist cosmology, where bodhisattvas reside before their final birth.

See also: 兜率天

兜と率そつは弥み勒ろく菩ぼ薩さつが住すむ天てん界かいとされる。

Kanji

兜helmet, head piece
率ratio, rate, proportion
都metropolis, capital, all
卒graduate, soldier, private

Related words

Tusita is said to be the heavenly realm where Maitreya Bodhisattva resides.

兜と率そつ天てん
Full form of the same term; 兜率 is the abbreviated version.

Word family

兜と率そつ天てん
Tusita heaven; Tushita heaven

Written forms

兜と率そつUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term.
都と卒そつUsage10%
Alternate kanji spelling, less common.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 兜率天 (Tosotsuten), a transcription of Sanskrit Tuṣita.