天竺楽

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 竺 楽
てん
Grade: 1		 じく
Jinmeiyō		 がく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
天竺樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 天竺 (Tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 楽 (gaku, “music”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) てんじく​がく [tèńjíkúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
    • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ᵝɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    天(てん)竺(じく)楽(がく) • (tenjikugaku) 

    1. Those pieces of music within the gagaku genre that purportedly originated in India.
      Previously viewed as the same as 林(りん)邑(ゆう)楽(がく) (Rin'yūgaku), with differing theories about specific pieces. Some of the gagaku titles included in this category are:
      • 抜頭(ばとう) (Batō)
      • 陪臚(ばいろ) (Bairo)
      • 胡飲酒(こんじゅ) (Konju)
      • 迦陵頻(かりょうびん) (Karyōbin)
      • 陵王(りょうおう) (Ryōō)
      • 玉樹(ぎょくじゅ)後庭(こうてい)花(か) (Gyokuju Kōtei Ka)
      • 安摩(あま) (Ama)
      • 扶南(ふなん) (Funan)
      • 河南浦(かなんぶ) (Kananbu)

    References
    1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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