摩訶波闍波提

See also: 摩诃波阇波提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩訶波闍波提)		摩	訶	波	闍	波	提
simp. (摩诃波阇波提)		摩	诃	波	阇	波	提

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit महाप्रजापती (Mahāprajāpatī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Móhēbōshébōtí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ ㄅㄛ ㄕㄜˊ ㄅㄛ ㄊㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Móhēbōshébōtí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ ㄅㄛ ㄕㄜˊ ㄅㄛ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Móheboshébotí
    • Wade–Giles: Mo²-ho¹-po¹-shê²-po¹-tʻi²
    • Yale: Mwó-hē-bwō-shé-bwō-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohebosherbotyi
    • Palladius: Мохэбошэботи (Moxɛbošɛboti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ma|maH xa pa tu|dzyae pa dzye|dej

Rime
Character	摩	摩	訶	波	闍	闍	提	提
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	曉 (32)	幫 (1)	端 (5)	常 (25)	常 (25)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)	戈 (95)	模 (23)	麻 (100)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I	I	III	III	IV
Fanqie	莫婆切	摸卧切	虎何切	博禾切	當孤切	視遮切	是支切	杜奚切
Baxter	ma	maH	xa	pa	tu	dzyae	dzye	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/hɑ/	/puɑ/	/tuo/	/d͡ʑia/	/d͡ʑiᴇ/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/hɑ/	/puɑ/	/tuo/	/d͡ʑia/	/d͡ʑiɛ/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/puɑ/	/to/	/d͡ʑia/	/d͡ʑjɛ/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/mwaH/	/ha/	/pwa/	/tɔ/	/d͡ʑia/	/d͡ʑiə̆/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/puɑ/	/to/	/ʑia/	/ʑie/	/dei/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/puɑ/	/tu/	/ʑĭa/	/ʑǐe/	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/puɑ/	/tuo/	/ʑi̯a/	/ʑie̯/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	mò	hē	bō	dū	ché	chí	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	mo6	ho1	bo1	dou1	se4	si4	tai4

Proper noun

摩訶波闍波提

1. (Buddhism) Mahaprajapati (step-mother of the Buddha)

   Synonyms: 大敬逵, 大愛道／大爱道, 大生主

Further reading

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