天尊
Chinese
editday; sky; heaven | to honour | ||
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trad. (天尊) | 天 | 尊 | |
simp. #(天尊) | 天 | 尊 |
Etymology
edit- “Bhagavan”
Calque of Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān, “[he who is] honored by the gods”), with भग (bhaga) used in the sense of "gods". Displaced by 世尊 (Shìzūn) in later translations.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianzun
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-tsun1
- Yale: tyān-dzwūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzuen
- Palladius: тяньцзунь (tjanʹczunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
edit天尊
Proper noun
edit天尊
- (Buddhism, archaic) Bhagavan; Lord; Honoured One (title of the Buddha)
- (Church of the East, historical) God the Father.
Further reading
edit- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天尊” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
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