鳩槃荼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鳩槃荼)		鳩	槃	荼
simp. (鸠槃荼)		鸠	槃	荼

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit कुम्भाण्ड (kumbhāṇḍa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiūpántú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiūpántú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jioupántú
  - Wade–Giles: chiu¹-pʻan²-tʻu²
  - Yale: jyōu-pán-tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiouparntwu
  - Palladius: цзюпаньту (czjupanʹtu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰän³⁵ tʰu³⁵/

Noun

鳩槃荼

(Buddhism) kumbhanda
- 鳩槃荼者，此云甕形鬼，狀貌冬瓜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  鸠槃荼者，此云瓮形鬼，状貌冬瓜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Annotations to the Lotus Sutra 《妙法蓮華經科註》
  Jiūpántú zhě, cǐ yún wèng xíng guǐ, zhuàngmào dōngguā. [Pinyin]
  Kumbhandas are urn-shaped ghosts, whose appearance resemble winter melons.

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