Where does “極楽鳥花” come from?

極楽鳥花 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 極楽鳥, from Japanese 極楽, from Chinese 極樂, from Sanskrit सुखावती — full of joy; blissful.

極楽鳥花 (Japanese): bird of paradise

Definitions

  1. bird of paradise

Ancestry of “極楽鳥花”, step by step

極楽鳥花 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 極楽鳥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese極楽鳥—
2Japanese極楽pure land western paradise of Amitabha Buddha
3Chinese極樂bliss; paradise
4Sanskritसुखावतीfull of joy; blissful

via Japanese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花a flower
2Old Japanese花flower
Every word from Sanskrit सुखावती →Every word from Chinese 極樂 →Every word from Japanese 極楽 →