報身

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (報身)		報	身
simp. (报身)		报	身

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit संभोगकाय (saṃbhogakāya, “body of enjoyment”). The Tibetan equivalent is ལོངས་སྐུ (longs sku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàoshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄕㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàoshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàoshen
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: bàu-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawshen
    • Palladius: баошэнь (baošɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Noun

報身

1. (Buddhism) saṃbhogakāya

Related terms

• 三身 (sānshēn)
• 應身 / 应身 (yìngshēn)
• 法身 (fǎshēn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (報身):

• → Japanese: 報身(ほうじん) (hōjin)
• → Korean: 보신(報身) (bosin)
• → Vietnamese: báo thân (報身)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “報身” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].