佛母

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	female; mother
simp. and trad. (佛母)		佛	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fómǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fómǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fómǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-mu³
    • Yale: fwó-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: formuu
    • Palladius: фому (fomu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

佛母

1. A female yidam.

   準提佛母／准提佛母  ―  Zhǔntí Fómǔ  ―  Cundi Buddha Mother

Derived terms

• 佛母經／佛母经
• 佛母院
• 佛眼佛母
• 般若佛母

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛母):

• → Japanese: 仏(ぶつ)母(も) (butsumo)
• → Korean: 불모(佛母) (bulmo)

References

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