Book of the Dead

English

Etymology

A calque of German Todtenbuch (der Ägypter), used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his 1842 publication describing the text.

Proper noun

Book of the Dead

An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.
Any comparable text from another culture intended to serve as a guide to the experiences one has after death, such as the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Ethiopian Book of the Dead.

Translations

ancient Egyptian funerary text

Arabic: كِتَاب الْمَوْتَى (kitāb al-mawtā)
Czech: Kniha mrtvých
Egyptian:

(rw nw prt m hrw m pl)
Finnish: Kuolleiden kirja
German: Totenbuch n
Italian: Libro dei morti m
Portuguese: Livro dos mortos
Sanskrit: प्रेतग्रन्थ (sa) m (pretagrantha)
Swedish: De dödas bok

any comparable text serving as a guide to experiences after death

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