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Japanese: 四大 - しだい

[1] [Noun] ① Buddhist term. The four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind. All objects are said to be composed of these four. The four great seeds. [Shomankyo Gisaku (611)] ② (Since the human body is said to be composed of ①) The human body. ※Kanchiin Hon Sanbo-e (984), lower part, “A person born free from illness in the four elements is pure and has a beautiful and pure face.” ※Kabuki, Kazusa Cotton Komon Hitoji (1865), four acts, “The four great elements are wicked, and the three souls are confused.” ③ (From “Laozi-25”: “The great Tao, the great Heaven, the great Earth, and the great King are also great, and in the realm _{there are two} great _elements , and the King resides in _one _place ”) The four greatest things in the universe, namely, the Tao, the great Heaven, the great Earth, and the great King. ④ Water, wood, earth, and fire as the four roots. Is this a combination of ① and the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water? ※Joruri, Keisei Hangonko (around 1708), Mikumano: “Water, though it may have been, will eventually become entangled in the well of delusion . Wood will be crushed by the axe of obsession. Earth will be separated from the wall of the night we meet. Fire will burn the bond of the three worlds. The four sufferings of the four elements will be piled up in this body.” [2] Short for “Shidai Tenno (The Four Great Heavenly Kings).” ※Joruri, Shinjuten no Amijima (1720), “In the spring, I will break my ties and think deeply about them. In false statements, the words above are Brahma and Shakyamuni, and the words below are Shidai. With all the Buddhas and gods gathered together, the name of Kamiya Jihei will be firmly established.”

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[1] 〘名〙① 仏語。地・水・火・風の四元素。すべての物体はこの四つから成り立つとする。四大種。〔勝鬘経義疏（611）〕② (人体は①によって構成されるとするところから) 人間の肉体。身体。※観智院本三宝絵（984）下「四大に病なくして生る所に清浄にして顔かたち麗しく浄し」※歌舞伎・上総綿小紋単地（1865）四幕「四大おとろへ三魂まどひ」③ (「老子‐二五」の「道大・天大・地大・王亦大、域中有_二四大_一、而王居_二其一_一焉」から) 宇宙に存在する四つの最も大きなもの、すなわち道・天・地・王をいう。④ 四つの根元としての水・木・土・火。①と五行(ごぎょう)の木火土金水とを結びつけたものか。※浄瑠璃・傾城反魂香（1708頃）三熊野「水を仮り成たはぶれも終には迷ひの井堰(ゐせき)にからみ、木は執心の斧に砕かれ土は逢ふ夜の壁とへだたり、火は又三世の縁を焼く。四大の四苦を此身一つに重ね」[2] 「しだいてんのう（四大天王）」の略。※浄瑠璃・心中天の網島（1720）中「小春に縁切思切、偽申すに於ては上は梵天帝釈下はしだいの文言に、仏揃へ神揃へ紙屋治兵衛名をしっかり」

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