バクティ
解説 Definition
Bhakti は、ヒンドゥー教などのインド宗教で、神への信愛や献身を指す語です。宗教・思想・文学の文脈で使われ、日本語でも「バクティ」と表記されます。
Bhakti is loving devotion to a personal deity, especially as a religious path or mode of worship in Hindu traditions and some other Indian religions. The term can also describe the devotional ideas, practices, poetry, and movements centered on such a relationship with the divine.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bhakti は単なる belief「信仰」より、神への愛と献身を実践として表す語です。サンスクリット語根 bhaj-「分かち合う・崇拝する」と結び付け、Bhakti poetry、Bhakti movement、a path of bhakti という宗教史・文学のまとまりで覚えましょう。
Remember bhakti as devotion expressed through love, worship, poetry, and religious practice, rather than belief alone. Its Sanskrit background connects it with the root bhaj-, associated with sharing, participating, honoring, or worshipping. This makes “a path of loving participation in the divine” a useful memory core. In academic English, it often appears in combinations such as Bhakti poetry, the Bhakti movement, and a tradition of bhakti. Capitalization varies with editorial practice and whether a named historical movement is intended.
例文
The lecture introduced Bhakti as a form of devotion.
その講義では、バクティが信愛の一形態として紹介されました。
Her research focuses on Bhakti poetry from medieval India.
彼女の研究は中世インドのバクティ詩に焦点を当てています。
The book explains how Bhakti shaped religious practice in the region.
その本は、バクティがその地域の宗教実践にどのような影響を与えたかを説明しています。
bhakti の類義語・関連語
bhakti の語源・成り立ち Etymology
サンスクリット語 bhakti(献身・信愛)から。語根 bhaj-(分かち合う、崇拝する)に由来する。関連語: bhajan(賛歌)、bhagavat(神聖な)。ヒンドゥー教で神への絶対的な帰依・愛を表し、「自らを神に捧げる」という意味が核にある。
Bhakti is borrowed from Sanskrit bhakti, meaning devotion, attachment, participation, or faithful love. It is derived from the verbal root bhaj-, whose senses include sharing, partaking, honoring, and worshipping. In Indian religious traditions, the noun developed a central association with devoted love directed toward a deity. Related Sanskrit formations include bhajan, referring to devotional singing or a devotional song, and Bhagavat, an honorific associated with the divine.
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