三摩地

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (三摩地)		三	摩	地
simp. ^#(三摩地)		三	摩	地

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānmódì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānmódì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanmódì
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-mo²-ti⁴
  - Yale: sān-mwó-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanmodih
  - Palladius: саньмоди (sanʹmodi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ti⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: sam|samH ma|maH dijH

Rime
Character	三	三	摩	摩	地
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	明 (4)	明 (4)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I	III
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	莫婆切	摸卧切	徒四切
Baxter	sam	samH	ma	maH	dijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɑm^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/diɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɑm^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/di^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sɑm^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/djɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/sam^H/	/mwa/	/mwa^H/	/di^H/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/sɑm^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/di^H/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sɑm^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/di^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/sɑm^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/dʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sàn	mó	mò	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam¹	saam³	mo⁴	mo⁶	dei⁶

Noun

三摩地

(Buddhism) samadhi
Synonyms: 三昧 (sānmèi), 定 (dìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三摩地):

→ Japanese: 三(さん)摩(ま)地(ぢ) (sanmaji)
→ Korean: 삼마지(三摩地) (sammaji)
→ Vietnamese: tam-ma-địa (三摩地)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三摩地” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].