羅摩衍那
Chinese
| phonetic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (羅摩衍那) | 羅 | 摩 | 衍 | 那 | |
| simp. (罗摩衍那) | 罗 | 摩 | 衍 | 那 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa).
Watanabe Kaigyoku (1907) attested that the oldest mention of "Ramayana" in Chinese Buddhist writing is in a translation of Mahāvibhāṣā by 7th-century monk Xuanzang (aka Yuan Chwang), as 羅摩衍拏 (MC la ma yenX nrae).[1]
Pronunciation
References
- Watanabe, K. (1907 January) “The Oldest Record of the Ramayana in a Chinese Buddhist Writing”, in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, page 99
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