般舟三昧

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (般舟三昧)		般	舟	三	昧
simp. #(般舟三昧)		般	舟	三	昧

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रत्युत्पन्न समाधि (pratyutpanna samādhi, literally “present samadhi”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōzhōu sānmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄓㄡ ㄙㄢ ㄇㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōzhōu sānmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄓㄡ ㄙㄢ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bojhou sanmèi
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-chou¹ san¹-mei⁴
    • Yale: bwō-jōu sān-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bojou sanmey
    • Palladius: бочжоу саньмэй (bočžou sanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ban|pan|paen tsyuw sam|samH mwojH

Rime
Character	般	般	般	舟	三	三	昧
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	章 (23)	心 (16)	心 (16)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)	刪 (69)	尤 (136)	談 (143)	談 (143)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	II	III	I	I	I
Fanqie	薄官切	北潘切	布還切	職流切	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	莫佩切
Baxter	ban	pan	paen	tsyuw	sam	samH	mwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑn/	/puɑn/	/pˠan/	/t͡ɕɨu/	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑn/	/pʷɑn/	/pᵚan/	/t͡ɕiu/	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑn/	/puɑn/	/pɐn/	/t͡ɕiəu/	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwan/	/pwan/	/paɨn/	/cuw/	/sam/	/samH/	/mwəjH/
Li Rong	/buɑn/	/puɑn/	/pan/	/t͡ɕiu/	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muᴀiH/
Wang Li	/buɑn/	/puɑn/	/pan/	/t͡ɕĭəu/	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑn/	/puɑn/	/pan/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/muɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pán	bān	bān	zhōu	sān	sàn	mèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pun4	bun1	baan1	zau1	saam1	saam3	mui6

Proper noun

般舟三昧

1. (Buddhism) an uninterrupted religious practice for a period of time (named for the eponymous Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra).

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “般舟三昧” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].