梵文 | Fàn wén | Sanskrit | |
梵语 | Fàn yǔ | Sanskrit (language) | |
金刚 | jīn gāng | diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) | |
般若 | bō rě | Sanskrit prajña: wisdom / great wisdom / wondrous knowledge | |
常住 | cháng zhù | long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) | |
比丘 | Bǐ qiū | Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") | |
摩诃 | mó hē | transliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great | |
曼陀罗 | màn tuó luó | (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") | |
伽蓝 | qié lán | Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama") | |
五蕴 | wǔ yùn | the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism) | |
比丘尼 | bǐ qiū ní | Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") | |
刹 | chà | Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4 duo1 luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra") | |
梵 | Fàn | abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism / abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2] / abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican | |
梵册贝叶 | fàn cè bèi yè | Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom) / Buddhist scripture | |
贝多 | bèi duō | pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras | |
旃檀 | zhān tán | sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana") | |
常住论 | cháng zhù lùn | eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda) | |
断灭 | duàn miè | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | |
断灭论 | duàn miè lùn | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | |
兰若 | lán rě | Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若[a1 lan2 re3]) | |
閦 | chù | crowd / transliteration of Sanskrit 'kso', e.g. Aksobhya Buddha 阿閦佛 | |
阿兰若 | ā lán rě | Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") | |
六字真言 | liù zì zhēn yán | the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) | |
曼珠沙华 | màn zhū shā huā | red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / Sanskrit mañjusaka / cluster amaryllis | |