jhapeti (English spelling)

Japanese: jhāpeti(英語表記)jhapeti
jhapeti (English spelling)

… [Uchibori Motomitsu]
[Cremation in Japan]
In Buddhism, this funeral method is also called dabi, which is a transliteration of the Pali word jhāpeti (dhyāpeti). Generally, there are four types of funeral methods for the dead: burial in the ground, burial at sea, cremation, and sky burial. Cremation, an ancient Aryan custom, was introduced to Japan along with Buddhism, and brought about major changes to Japanese funeral methods, which had originally been abandonment of the body or sky burial or burial in the ground.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "jhāpeti" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【内堀 基光】
[日本の火葬]
 仏教ではこの葬法を荼毘(だび)ともいう。これはパーリ語jhāpeti(dhyāpeti)の音訳である。一般に死者の葬法には土葬,水葬,火葬,風葬の4種があり,アーリヤ族古来の習俗であった火葬が仏教とともに日本に伝わり,もともと死体遺棄あるいは風葬や土葬であった日本の葬法に大きな変化をもたらした。…

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