天竺 tiānzhú

tiānzhú proper noun India; Indian subcontinent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A historic term used as early as the 后汉书 Later Book of Han (GDNH, p. 187; Kroll 2015 '天' 6)

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