密陀僧

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مردار سنگ‎ (mordār-sang, “dross of lead; protoxide of lead; litharge”), compound of مردار‎ (mordār, “dead, unclean, impure”) and سنگ‎ (sang, “stone”).

Compare Urdu مرداسنگ‎ (murdā-sang) (colloquial), Urdu مردارسنگ‎ (murdār-sang, “litharge”), Hindi मुरदासंख (murdāsaṅkh, “litharge; yellow pigment”), Sanskrit मोदारशृङ्ग (modāraśṛṅga, “litharge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

密陀僧

1. (mineralogy, traditional Chinese medicine) litharge; lithargyrum; lead monoxide

   密陀僧，《本經》不載所出州土。注云出波斯國。今嶺南、閩中銀銅冶處亦有之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   密陀僧，《本经》不载所出州土。注云出波斯国。今岭南、闽中银铜冶处亦有之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Tang Shenwei, Zhenglei Bencao [a TCM compendium], ca. 1082–1098.

   Mìtuósēng, “Běnjīng” bù zǎi suǒ chū zhōutǔ. Zhù yún chū Bōsīguó. Jīn Lǐngnán, Mǐnzhōng yíntóng yěchù yì yǒu zhī. [Pinyin]

   Mituoseng: Benjing [a TCM compendium] did not record places (in China) where this was found, and the annotation therein considers its place of origin as Persia. Nowadays, it is found in Lingnan [Southern China] and Central Fujian, at the site of silver and copper smelting.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) みつだ​そー [mìtsúdáꜜsòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝda̠so̞ː]

Noun

密陀僧 (hiragana みつだそう, rōmaji mitsudasō)

1. litharge, lead monoxide

Noun

密陀僧 • (miltaseung) (hangeul 밀타승)

1. Hanja form^? of 밀타승 (“litharge”).

Noun

密陀僧

1. Hán tự form of mật đà tăng, “litharge”