摩訶薩

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩訶薩)		摩	訶	薩
simp. (摩诃萨)		摩	诃	萨

Etymology

Short for 摩訶薩埵／摩诃萨埵 (móhēsàduǒ) from Sanskrit महासत्त्व (mahāsattva, “great creature; great being”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móhēsà

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜㄙㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: móhēsà
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜㄙㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: móhesà
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-ho¹-sa⁴
  - Yale: mwó-hē-sà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohesah
  - Palladius: мохэса (moxɛsa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ sä⁵¹/

Noun

摩訶薩

(Buddhism) bodhisattva
- 菩薩摩訶薩學三世諸佛所行法故。 [MSC, trad.]
  菩萨摩诃萨学三世诸佛所行法故。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 406 CE, Avatamsaka Sutra)
  Púsà móhēsà xué sānshì zhū fó suǒ xíng fǎ gù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Buddhism) mahasattva, a "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to bodhicitta

Synonyms

(bodhisattva): 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà), 摩訶薩埵／摩诃萨埵 (móhēsàduǒ), 菩提薩埵／菩提萨埵 (pútísàduǒ)

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