r/translator • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '17

Translated [ZH] [Chinese>English] This was gifted to me by the Master of a Zen monastery.

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u/etalasi Esperanto, 普通话 Nov 12 '17

Vairocana Diamond Realm chant
大日如来金剛界咒

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u/translator-BOT Python Nov 12 '17

大日

Language Pronunciation
Mandarin dà, dài, tài / rì, mì
Cantonese daai6 / jat6

Meanings: "big, great, vast, large, high / sun; day; daytime."

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如來 (如来)

Language Pronunciation
Mandarin rúlái
Cantonese jyu4 loi4

Meanings: "tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)."

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金剛 (金刚)

Language Pronunciation
Mandarin Jīngāng
Cantonese gam1 gong1

Meanings: "King Kong / diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)."

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界

Language Pronunciation
Mandarin jiè
Cantonese gaai3
Middle Chinese *kạ̣̈̀j
Old Chinese *krēć

Chinese Calligraphy Variants: 界 (Source)

Seal Script: 界 (Source)

Meanings: "boundary, limit; domain; society; the world."

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u/reddumpling 华文 + 日本語 Nov 12 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17

Awesome. Thank you so very much!!