貝ばい多た羅ら葉よう

also: ばいたらば

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Meanings

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noun

pattra; palm leaf manuscript

Historical term referring to palmyra palm leaves used as writing material in ancient India, often associated with Buddhist scriptures. Rare in modern Japanese outside academic or historical contexts.

貝ばい多た羅ら葉ようは、古こ代だいインドで経きょう典てんを

記しる

す

の

に

用もち

い

られ

た

。

Pattra leaves were used to record scriptures in ancient India.

博はく物ぶつ館かんで貝ばい多た羅ら葉ようの写しゃ本ほんを見みた。

I saw a pattra manuscript at the museum.

Kanji

貝shellfish
多many, frequent, much
羅gauze, thin silk, Rome
葉leaf, plane, lobe

Related words

パッタラ
Katakana loanword directly from Sanskrit 'pattra', used in academic Buddhist contexts. 貝多羅葉 is the kanji-based Japanese term with the same meaning.
貝ばい葉よう
Abbreviated form of 貝多羅葉, also meaning palm leaf manuscript. More common in some compound words.

Built from

貝ばい多た羅ら+葉よう

Written forms

貝多羅葉
- ばいたらよう
  Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
- ばいたらば
  Alternate reading ばいたらば, less common than ばいたらよう.
ばいたらば

Etymology

From Sanskrit 'pattra' (leaf) via Chinese transliteration 貝多羅 (bèiduōluó) combined with 葉 (leaf). The reading ばいたらよう is the standard Japanese on'yomi; ばいたらば uses the kun'yomi for 葉.