應身

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (應身)		應	身
simp. (应身)		应	身

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”). The Tibetan equivalent is སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ (sprul sku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngshen
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: yìng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshen
    • Palladius: иншэнь (inšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Noun

應身

1. (Buddhism) nirmāṇakāya

Related terms

• 三身 (sānshēn)
• 報身／报身 (bàoshēn)
• 法身 (fǎshēn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (應身):

• → Japanese: 応身(おうしん) (ōshin)
• → Korean: 응신(應身) (eungsin)

Further reading

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