Disorder

Disorder is a common gloss for the Scriptural term sawari 障り. Alternate glosses include “afflict” or “affliction.” Sawari is used as a noun and a verb (occasionally as sawari-tsuku 障りつく). It refers to an affliction of the body, often appearing in the Ofudesaki with the words mi no uchi 身のうち and mi ni 身に.

See also illness.

Appearances of “sawari” in the Ofudesaki

Ofudesaki 02:023 Ofudesaki 03:078 Ofudesaki 04:013 Ofudesaki 04:025 Ofudesaki 04:042 Ofudesaki 05:002 Ofudesaki 05:009 Ofudesaki 05:019

Ofudesaki 05:020 Ofudesaki 08:010 Ofudesaki 08:081 Ofudesaki 08:082 Ofudesaki 10:071 Ofudesaki 11:002–3 Ofudesaki 11:004 Ofudesaki 16:040

Frequency of “sawari”/“disorder” in the Osashizu

There are too many appearances of sawari in the Osashizu to count. The section covering sawari and its various conjugated forms (i.e., sawaru, sawareba) in the three-volume index to the Osashizu spans 5 pages.