tiān
zhú

place
common

Meaning of 天竺

天竺 means India (ancient Chinese name). Pronounced tiān zhú.

  • India (ancient Chinese name)

Definitions & Examples

Táng
dài
gāo
sēng
Xuán
zàng
céng
qián
wǎng
tiān
zhú
jīng
 

The eminent Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang once traveled to Tianzhu to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

Tiān
zhú
shì
dài
Zhōng
guó
duì
Yìn
bàn
dǎo
de
chēng
hu
 

Tianzhu is what ancient China called the Indian subcontinent.

shǐ
zài
zhōng
de
tiān
zhú
guó
yōng
yǒu
càn
làn
de
jiào
wén
huà
 

Historical records show that the land of Tianzhu possessed a splendid Buddhist culture.

Cóng
Cháng
ān
dào
tiān
zhú
 
Xuán
zàng
zǒu
le
zhěng
zhěng
shí
nián
 

Xuanzang spent a full seventeen years traveling from Chang'an to Tianzhu.

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