🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Trennung von Shintoismus und Buddhismus

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Trennung von Shintoismus und Buddhismus

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shinbutsu-bunri/ˌʃɪnbuːtsuː bʊnˈriː/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Trennung von Shintoismus und Buddhismus fand in der Meiji-Zeit statt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The official policy and historical process in Meiji-period Japan of separating Shinto shrines from Buddhist temples.

    "The shinbutsu-bunri edict led to significant changes in the religious landscape and architecture of Japan."
  2. 2

    The conceptual and practical decoupling of Shinto and Buddhist deities, doctrines, and institutions.

    "Scholars study shinbutsu-bunri to understand the artificial creation of modern state Shinto."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Japanese terms 'Shinbutsu' (kami and buddhas) and 'bunri' (separation). The term historical refers to the policy and event during the early Meiji period (1868) that mandated the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, which had been syncretized for centuries.

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🇫🇷French → English

séparation du shintoïsme et du bouddhisme

Transliteration: separation du shintoisme et du bouddhisme

"La politique de séparation du shintoïsme et du bouddhisme a transformé le Japon moderne."

🇩🇪German → English

Trennung von Shintoismus und Buddhismus

Transliteration: Trennung von Shintoismus und Buddhismus

"Die Trennung von Shintoismus und Buddhismus fand in der Meiji-Zeit statt."

🇮🇹Italian → English

separazione tra shintoismo e buddismo

Transliteration: separazione tra shintoismo e buddismo

"La separazione tra shintoismo e buddismo ha ridefinito il panorama spirituale."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

separación del sintoísmo y el budismo

Transliteration: separacion del sintoismo y el budismo

"La separación del sintoísmo y el budismo ocurrió a principios de la era Meiji."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

separação entre xintoísmo e budismo

Transliteration: separacao entre xintoismo e budismo

"A separação entre xintoísmo e budismo marcou a modernização do Japão."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

शिंतो और बौद्ध धर्म का अलगाव

Transliteration: shinto aur bauddh dharm ka alagav

"शिंतो और बौद्ध धर्म का अलगाव Meiji काल के दौरान हुआ था।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

神佛分离

Transliteration: shén fó fēn lí

"神佛分离政策对日本宗教产生了深远影响。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

신불분리

Transliteration: sinbul-bunri

"신불분리는 메이지 유신 이후 일본에서 시행되었습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

神仏分離

Transliteration: shinbutsu-bunri

"神仏分離令により神道と仏教が明確に分けられた。"

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