Where does “天竺楽” come from?

天竺楽 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 天竺, from Middle Chinese 天竺, from Sanskrit हिन्दु, from Hindi हिंदू, from Persian هندو, from Middle Persian hndwk', from Middle Persian hnd, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 — India; people living beyond the Indus.

天竺楽 (Japanese): Those pieces of music within the gagaku genre...

Definitions

  1. Those pieces of music within the gagaku genre...

Ancestry of “天竺楽”, step by step

天竺楽 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 天竺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese天竺foreign or exotic; overly spicy or hot; the sky,...
2Middle Chinese天竺
3Sanskritहिन्दुa Hindu
4HindiहिंदूA Hindu; Hindu
5Persianهندوa Hindu, a practitioner of India's indigenous...
6Middle Persianhndwk'an Indian
7Middle PersianhndIndia
8Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesecomfortable, enjoying; easy, simple; rich,...
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁Every word from Middle Persian hndEvery word from Middle Persian hndwk'
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