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[しゃ()·()]
shaba
noun

English Meaning(s) for 娑婆

noun
  1. this world; this life
  2. the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.)
  3. this corrupt world; present world

Meanings for each kanji in 娑婆

» old woman
» old woman; grandma; wet nurse

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Sample Sentences for 娑婆

I am your father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night, and during the day I am confined to burn in fires, until the evil crimes I had done in my life are burnt and purged away.
I am thy father’s spirit; doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, and, for the day, confin’d to waste in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purg’d away.

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