鳩槃荼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鳩槃荼)		鳩	槃	荼
simp. (鸠槃荼)		鸠	槃	荼

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit कुम्भाण्ड (kumbhāṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiūpántú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ ㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiūpántú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ ㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jioupántú
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹-pʻan²-tʻu²
    • Yale: jyōu-pán-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiouparntwu
    • Palladius: цзюпаньту (czjupanʹtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰän³⁵ tʰu³⁵/

Noun

鳩槃荼

1. (Buddhism) kumbhanda (a type of dwarfish, misshapen spirit)

   • 鳩槃荼者，此云甕形鬼，狀貌冬瓜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸠槃荼者，此云瓮形鬼，状貌冬瓜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Annotations to the Lotus Sutra 《妙法蓮華經科註》

     Jiūpántú zhě, cǐ yún wèng xíng guǐ, zhuàngmào dōngguā. [Pinyin]

     Kumbhandas are urn-shaped ghosts, whose appearance resemble winter melons.