維那

Chinese

		to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	that; those; which
trad. (維那)		維	那
simp. (维那)		维	那

Etymology

Combined from native Chinese 維 (“to maintain”) + an abbreviation of Sanskrit कर्मदान (karmadāna, “duty-distributor”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéinà

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéinà
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéinà
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-na⁴
    • Yale: wéi-nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weinah
    • Palladius: вэйна (vɛjna)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ nä⁵¹/

Noun

維那

1. (archaic) A monastic official in charge of a prefecture during the Northern and Southern Dynasties
2. (Buddhism) duty-distributor; a arranger of duties in command of a monastery

Japanese

Kanji in this term
維	那
い Grade: S	な Grade: S
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ina̠]

Noun

維(い)那(な) • (ina) 

1. (Buddhism) administrator of a temple, a priest who manages temple affairs or assigns duties to lower-ranking priests

Usage notes

Along with 上座(じょうざ) (jōza, “chief priest”) who oversees doctrine for the sect, and 寺主(じしゅ) (jishu, “temple priest”) who oversees activities in the temple, 維那 is one of the three 三綱(さんこう) (sankō) in temples with this administrative structure.