daibutsu

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

noun

Origin of daibutsu

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

Near by on a slight eminence stands a huge bronze image of Buddha, twenty-one and one-half feet high, called the daibutsu.
The Critic in the Orient | George Hamlin Fitch
Thus, for the Nara daibutsu, the mould was constructed in a series of steps ascending 12 in.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 | Various
Papa Claude corralled him in the corner with the daibutsu and pompously presented each guest in turn.
Quin | Alice Hegan Rice
Only the daibutsu images, some bells, and other instruments of worship form exceptions to this.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II | A.E. Nordenskieold
daibutsu images evidently stand in the same relation to the works of private sculptors as folk-poetry to that of individual bards.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II | A.E. Nordenskieold

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