daibutsu

[ dahy-boot-soo, -boot-; Japanese dahy-boo-tsoo ]

noun

1. a large representation of the Buddha.

Word History and Origins

Origin of daibutsu¹

< Japanese, equivalent to dai (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese dà big, great) + butsu butsu

Example Sentences

Near by on a slight eminence stands a huge bronze image of Buddha, twenty-one and one-half feet high, called the Daibutsu.

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Thus, for the Nara Daibutsu, the mould was constructed in a series of steps ascending 12 in.

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Papa Claude corralled him in the corner with the Daibutsu and pompously presented each guest in turn.

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Only the Daibutsu images, some bells, and other instruments of worship form exceptions to this.

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Daibutsu images evidently stand in the same relation to the works of private sculptors as folk-poetry to that of individual bards.

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