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Where does “sokushinbutsu” come from?

sokushinbutsu (English) comes from Japanese 即身仏.

sokushinbutsu (English): A Buddhist monk observing austerity to the point...

Definitions

  1. A Buddhist monk observing austerity to the point...

Ancestry of “sokushinbutsu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese即身仏—
Every word from Japanese 即身仏 →