報身

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (報身)		報	身
simp. (报身)		报	身

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit संभोगकाय (saṃbhogakāya, “body of enjoyment”). The Tibetan equivalent is ལོངས་སྐུ (longs sku).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàoshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄕㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàoshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàoshen
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: bàu-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawshen
  - Palladius: баошэнь (baošɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Noun

報身

(Buddhism) saṃbhogakāya

Related terms

三身 (sānshēn)
應身 / 应身 (yìngshēn)
法身 (fǎshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (報身):

→ Japanese: 報身(ほうじん) (hōjin)
→ Korean: 보신(報身) (bosin)
→ Vietnamese: báo thân (報身)

Further reading

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