摩訶薩
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Chinese[edit]
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (摩訶薩) | 摩 | 訶 | 薩 | |
simp. (摩诃萨) | 摩 | 诃 | 萨 |
Etymology[edit]
Short for 摩訶薩埵/摩诃萨埵 (móhēsàduǒ) from Sanskrit महासत्त्व (mahāsattva, “great creature; great being”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ ㄙㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: móhesà
- Wade–Giles: mo2-ho1-sa4
- Yale: mwó-hē-sà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohesah
- Palladius: мохэса (moxɛsa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ sä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun[edit]
摩訶薩
- (Buddhism) bodhisattva
- (Buddhism) mahasattva, a "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to bodhicitta