曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") 蛋白石 dàn bái shí opal 澳宝 澳寶 ào bǎo opal (abbr. for 澳洲寶石|澳洲宝石[Ao4 zhou1 bao3 shi2]) 金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) syn 观音 觀音 guān yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) syn 刹那 剎那 chà nà an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye syn 如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 觉悟 覺悟 jué wù to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) syn 菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) syn 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 阎王 閻王 yán wáng same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja syn 常住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) 南无 南無 nā mó Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit) / Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] 释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama) 比丘 bǐ qiū Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") 观世音 觀世音 guān shì yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) syn 四大天王 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha 沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn 观世音菩萨 觀世音菩薩 guān shì yīn pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) 袈裟 jiā shā kasaya (robe of a Buddhist monk or nun) (loanword from Sanskrit) syn 观音菩萨 觀音菩薩 guān yīn pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) 摩诃 摩訶 mó hē transliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great 头陀 頭陀 tóu tuó itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit) syn 梵文 fàn wén Sanskrit 阿罗汉 阿羅漢 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) 伽蓝 伽藍 qié lán Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama") 五蕴 五蘊 wǔ yùn the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism) 比丘尼 bǐ qiū ní Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") syn 梵语 梵語 fàn yǔ Sanskrit (language) 药师佛 藥師佛 yào shī fó Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) 占城 佔城 zhàn chéng Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 禅 禪 chán dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism) syn 刹 剎 chà Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4duo1luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra") syn 忏 懺 chàn (bound form) to feel remorse / (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama") 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 syn 呗 唄 bài (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") syn 阇 闍 shé (used in transliteration from Sanskrit) 睺 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic) 梵册贝叶 梵冊貝葉 fàn cè bèi yè Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom) / Buddhist scripture 唵嘛咪叭呢哞 ǎn ma mī ba ní mōu Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit), or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra / also written 唵嘛呢叭咪哞 唵嘛呢叭咪哞 般若波罗密 般若波羅密 bō rě bō luó mì prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra) 释迦牟尼佛 釋迦牟尼佛 shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism 西方极乐世界 西方極樂世界 xī fāng jí lè shì jiè Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit) 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain) / to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) 唵嘛呢叭咪哞 ǎn ma ní bā mī mōu Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit), or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra 常住论 常住論 cháng zhù lùn eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda) 断灭 斷滅 duàn miè annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) 断灭论 斷滅論 duàn miè lùn annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) 曼荼罗 曼荼羅 màn tú luó (Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala 梵汉对音 梵漢對音 fàn hàn duì yīn Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration 真言 zhēn yán true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼) syn 罗睺 luó hóu the intersection of the Moon's orbit with the ecliptic in Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit rahu) 药师如来 藥師如來 yào shī rú lái Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) 兰若 蘭若 lán rě Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若[a1 lan2 re3]) 计都 計都 jì dū concept from Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit Ketu), the opposite point to 羅睺|罗睺[luo2 hou2] / imaginary star presaging disaster 豆佉 dòu qiā dukkha (Sanskrit) / suffering (Buddhism) 贝多 貝多 bèi duō pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 转轮王 轉輪王 zhuǎn lún wáng Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology 转轮圣王 轉輪聖王 zhuàn lún shèng wáng Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology 释迦佛 釋迦佛 shì jiā fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism 閦 chù crowd / transliteration of Sanskrit 'kso', e.g. Aksobhya Buddha 阿閦佛 阇梨 闍梨 shé lí Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala) 阇黎 闍黎 shé lí Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 闍梨|阇梨[she2 li2] 阿兰若 阿蘭若 ā lán rě Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") 阿阇梨 阿闍梨 ā shé lí Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 阿闍黎|阿阇黎[a1 she2 li2] 阿阇黎 阿闍黎 ā shé lí Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 阿闍梨|阿阇梨[a1 she2 li2] 阿鼻 ā bí Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth 陀罗尼 陀羅尼 tuó luó ní incantation (Sanskrit: dharani) / religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) 六字真言 liù zì zhēn yán the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ǎn ma ní bā mī hōng Om Mani Padme Hum (Sanskrit), or Om Mani Peme Hung (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra 占婆 佔婆 zhàn pó Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 旃檀 zhān tán sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana") 罗预 羅預 luó yù (old) very short unit of time (loanword, from Sanskrit) 曼珠沙华 曼珠沙華 màn zhū shā huā red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / Sanskrit mañjusaka / cluster amaryllis 伽 qié used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha" 加持 jiā chí (Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment / boost / support / backing / to give one's blessing / to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc) 豆佉 dòu qū (Buddhism) suffering (from Sanskrit "dukkha") 