波旬

Chinese

wave; (Cantonese) ball ten days; ten years
simp. and trad.
(波旬) 		波 旬

Etymology

From a corruption of 波俾掾 or 波卑夜, itself ultimately from Sanskrit पापीयस् (pāpīyas, “sinner, the evil one”). For the use of "旬", compare with 耶旬 as a corrupted transcription of Pali jhāpita.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 波 旬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 戈 (95) 諄 (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 博禾切 詳遵切
Baxter pa zwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/puɑ/ /ziuɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/puɑ/ /zʷin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/puɑ/ /zjuen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pwa/ /zwin/
Li
Rong 		/puɑ/ /ziuĕn/
Wang
Li 		/puɑ/ /zĭuĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/puɑ/ /zi̯uĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bō xún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bo1 ceon4

Proper noun

波旬

  1. (Buddhism) Mara (demonic ruler of the sixth heaven in the Desire Realm who tempts souls away from enlightenment).
    Synonyms: 魔羅 / 魔罗 (móluó), 天魔 (tiānmó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (波旬):
  • → Japanese: 波(は)旬(じゅん) (hajun)
  • → Korean: 파순(波旬) (pasun)
  • → Vietnamese: ba tuā̀n (波旬)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
波 旬
は
Grade: 3 		じゅん
Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 波旬 (Bōxún), ultimately from Sanskrit पापीयस् (pāpīyas, “sinner, the evil one”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠ʑɨ̃ɴ]

Proper noun

波(は)旬(じゅん) • (Hajun) 

  1. (Buddhism) Mara (demonic ruler of the sixth heaven in the Desire Realm who tempts souls away from enlightenment).
    Synonyms: 魔羅 (Mara), 天魔 (Tenma), 第六天魔王 (Dairoku-ten Maō), 第六天魔王波旬 (Dairoku-ten Maō Hajun)
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