shé
阇
transliteration character for Sanskrit
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesbound morpheme
transliteration character used in Sanskrit Buddhist terminology
technicalAppears primarily in the compound 阇梨 (shélí, acarya/Buddhist teacher) and 阇维 (shéwéi, cremation).
Zhè这
wèi位
gāo高
sēng僧
bèi被
zūn尊
chēng称
wéi为
shé闍
lí梨
。
This eminent monk was respectfully addressed as acarya (shéli).
Fó佛
jiào教
yí仪
shì式
zhōng中
de的
shé闍
wéi维
shì是
zhǐ指
huǒ火
zàng葬
。
Shéwéi in Buddhist ritual refers to cremation.
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Fàn梵
yǔ语
cí词
huì汇
zài在
hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
cháng常
yīn音
yì译
wéi为
shé闍
děng等
zì字
。
Sanskrit vocabulary is often transliterated into Chinese using characters such as shé.