죽사리

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Middle Korean

Etymology

(cwùk-, to die) +‎ 살〯 (sǎl-, to live) +‎ 이〮 (, nominalizer).

Pronunciation

Noun

죽사리〮 (cwùksàlí)

  1. life and death
  2. (Buddhism) samsara; the cycle of birth and death
    • 1459, Worin seokbo 月印釋譜/월인석보, page 2.16a:
      살〯락〮 주그〮락〮 ᄒᆞ〮야〮 그지〮 업〯시〮 (쓔ퟝ〯)(콩〯) ᄒᆞ〮거〮니와〮 부텨는〮 죽사리〮 업〯스〮실ᄊᆡ〮 (쪅〮)(며ᇙ〮)이〮 즐〮겁다〮 ᄒᆞ〮시〮니라〮
      sǎllák cwùkúlák hóyá kùc-í ěpsí SSYWǓW.KHWǑ hókénìwoá pwùthyè-nún cwùksàlí ěpsúsìlssóy CCYÉK.MYÉLQ-í cúlkèptá hósínìlá
      live, then die, then live again, receiving suffering without end; the Buddha does not have reincarnation, so it has been said that he finds death to be a pleasure.

Descendants

  • Korean: 죽살이 (juksari)