無盡意菩薩

Chinese

		to be endless; to be inexhaustible	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person
trad. (無盡意菩薩)		無盡	意	菩薩
simp. (无尽意菩萨)		无尽	意	菩萨

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit अक्षयमति (akṣayamati, literally “inexhaustible intent”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wújìnyì Púsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wújìnyì Púsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wújìnyì Púsà
    • Wade–Giles: Wu²-chin⁴-i⁴ Pʻu²-sa⁴
    • Yale: Wú-jìn-yì Pú-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wujinnyih Pwusah
    • Palladius: Уцзиньи Пуса (Uczinʹi Pusa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ pʰu³⁵ sä⁵¹/

Proper noun

無盡意菩薩

1. (Buddhism) (～菩薩) Akṣayamati bodhisattva

   Synonym: 阿差末

Further reading

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