陀羅尼

See also: 陀罗尼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (陀羅尼)		陀	羅	尼
simp. (陀罗尼)		陀	罗	尼

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धारणी (dhāraṇī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuóluóní

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴ lo⁴ nei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuóluóní
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuóluóní
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo²-lo²-ni²
    • Yale: twó-lwó-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twoluoni
    • Palladius: толони (toloni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to⁴ lo⁴ nei⁴
    • Yale: tòh lòh nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴ lo⁴ nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁴ lo⁴ néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹ lɔː²¹ nei̯²¹/

Noun

陀羅尼

1. (Buddhism) dharani (incantation)

   Synonym: 總持／总持 (zǒngchí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陀羅尼):

• → Japanese: 陀(だ)羅(ら)尼(に) (darani)
• → Korean: 다라니(陀羅尼) (darani)
• → Vietnamese: đà la ni (陀羅尼)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陀	羅	尼
だ Jinmeiyō	ら Grade: S	に Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だ​らに [dáꜜrànì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) だらに [dàrání] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ɾa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

陀(だ)羅(ら)尼(に) • (darani) 

1. (Buddhism) dharani

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 金剛場陀羅尼経(こんごうじょうだらにきょう) (kongōjōdaranikyō): Kongō Jōdaranikyō
• 真言陀羅尼(しんごんだらに) (shingondarani)
• 千手陀羅尼(せんじゅだらに) (senjudarani)
• 尊勝陀羅尼(そんしょうだらに) (sonshōdarani)
• 陀羅尼鐘(だらにがね) (daranigane)
• 陀羅尼呪(だらにじゅ) (daraniju)
• 陀羅尼助(だらにすけ) (daranisuke)
• 百万塔陀羅尼(ひゃくまんとうだらに) (hyakumantōdarani): Hyakumantō Darani
• 六字陀羅尼(ろくじだらに) (rokujidarani)