三摩地

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (三摩地)		三	摩	地
simp. #(三摩地)		三	摩	地

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānmódì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānmódì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanmódì
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-mo²-ti⁴
    • Yale: sān-mwó-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanmodih
    • Palladius: саньмоди (sanʹmodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ti⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sam|samH ma|maH dijH

Rime
Character	三	三	摩	摩	地
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	明 (4)	明 (4)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I	III
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	莫婆切	摸卧切	徒四切
Baxter	sam	samH	ma	maH	dijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/diɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/diH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/djɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/samH/	/mwa/	/mwaH/	/diH/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/diH/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/diH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/dʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sàn	mó	mò	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	saam3	mo4	mo6	dei6

Noun

三摩地

1. (Buddhism) samadhi

   Synonyms: 三昧 (sānmèi), 定 (dìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三摩地):

• → Japanese: 三(さん)摩(ま)地(ぢ) (sanmaji)
• → Korean: 삼마지(三摩地) (sammaji)
• → Vietnamese: tam-ma-địa (三摩地)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三摩地” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].