tuẫn táng

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Live burial as funerary practice: The historical practice of burying living persons, typically servants, soldiers, or concubines, alongside a deceased ruler or noble, intended to serve or accompany them in the afterlife.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tục tuẫn táng là một tập quán man rợ trong lịch sử. (The practice of live burial was a barbaric custom in history.)
  • Các nhà khảo cổ phát hiện dấu vết của tuẫn táng trong lăng mộ cổ. (Archaeologists discovered evidence of live burial in the ancient tomb.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "tuẫn táng" is used almost exclusively in historical, archaeological, or anthropological contexts to describe this specific ancient ritual. It is not used in modern contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Hiến tế (n): sacrifice; a broader term for ritual sacrifice, which could include but is not limited to live burial.
  • Việc hiến tế động vật phổ biến hơn tuẫn táng người. (Animal sacrifice was more common than human live burial.)

Synonyms

• Live burial: The act of burying a living person.
• Funerary sacrifice: Ritual killing or burial of living beings as part of funeral rites.
• Sati (historical context): A related, though distinct, practice of a widow sacrificing herself on her husband's funeral pyre.

Related Concepts

• Chôn cất (v): to bury; the general, neutral term for burial, without the connotation of the person being alive.
  • Chôn cất người chết là một nghi thức quan trọng. (Burying the dead is an important ritual.)