Soul - Konpaku

Japanese: 魂魄 - こんぱく

〘Noun〙 (Also "konbaku". "Tama" is the heart and "魄" is something tangible that anchors the heart) Mind and body. Or, soul. Spirit. ※Suga Kebunso (around 900) _III : Encountering a White-headed Old Man "I no longer have a wife _{, children} or _wealth , and my body and soul are fully intact" [Spring and Autumn Annals of the Buddha - 7th year of King Zhao's reign] [Additional note] In the "Kanchiin Honmyōgisho", "konpaku" is listed, and the readings for "tama" are written as "otamamashhi" and "魄" as "metamamashhi", along with the readings for both characters being "tamamashhi".

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「こんばく」とも。「魂」は心、「魄」は心のよりどころとなる形あるもの) 心身。または、たましい。霊魂。※菅家文草（900頃）三・路遇白頭翁「已無_二妻子_一又無_レ財、容体魂魄具陳述」〔春秋左伝‐昭公七年〕[補注]「観智院本名義抄」には「魂魄」を掲げ、「魂」に対して「ヲタマシヒ」、「魄」に対して「メタマシヒ」の訓を記すと共に、両字について「二並タマシヒ」とある。

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