죽사리

Middle Korean

Etymology

죽 (cwùk-, “to die”) +‎ 살〯 (sǎl-, “to live”) +‎ 이〮 (-í, nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sùk.sà.lí/

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 受(쓔ퟝ〯)苦(콩〯) ᄒᆞ〮거〮니와〮 부텨는〮 죽사리〮 업〯스〮실ᄊᆡ〮 寂(쪅〮)滅(며ᇙ〮)이〮 즐〮겁다〮 ᄒᆞ〮시〮니라〮

     sǎllák cwùkúlák hóyá kùc-í ěpsí SSYWǓW.KHWǑ hókénìwoá pwùthyè-nún cwùksàlí ěpsúsìlssóy CCYÉK.MYÉLQ-í cúlkèptá hósínìlá

     [The sentient beings] 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)