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Dharma name

A Dharma name or Dhamma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhism and monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it the Sangha name). The name is traditionally given by a Buddhist monastic, and is given to newly ordained monks, nuns and laity. Dharma names are…

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Burmese
ဘွဲ့
Chữ Hán
法名
Hangul
법명
Hanja
法名
Hanyu Pinyin
fǎmíng fǎhào
IPA
[bwɛ̰]

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Dharma name

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples57
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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Dharma name

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related to China · 18
Dharma name → Buddhism, Chinese, For, In, In China, Likewise, Shakyamuni, Shakyamuni Buddha, Shaolin Temple, Shi Xing, Shijiamouni, Shì, Sino-Mahayana, Sino-Vietnamese, Thích, Thích Ca Mâu Ni, Vietnam, Xueting Fuyu
related to Japan · 10
Dharma name → In Japan, Japan, Jodo Shinshu, Kanji, Other, Shaku, Shaku-ni, Some Jōdo Shinshū, The, This
related to Sri Lanka · 7
Dharma name → Bhante Gunaratana, Bhavana Society, Dharma, In Theravadan Buddhist, Sri Lankan, This, West Virginia
Transcriptions · 3
Dharma name → TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationbeommyeongMcCune–Reischauerpŏmmyŏng, TranscriptionsRomanizationkaimyō, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinfǎmíng fǎhàoYue: CantoneseJyutpingfaat3 ming4 faat3 hou6
Burmese · 1
Dharma name → ဘွဲ့
Chữ Hán · 1
Dharma name → 法名
Hangul · 1
Dharma name → 법명
Hanja · 1
Dharma name → 法名
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Dharma name → fǎmíng fǎhào
IPA · 1
Dharma name → [bwɛ̰]

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name dharma names also tradition given buddhist buddhism monastic known monks first one used lineage often teacher generally sangha zen

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dharma nameBurmeseဘွဲ့1.00infobox
Dharma nameChữ Hán法名1.00infobox
Dharma nameHangul법명1.00infobox
Dharma nameHanja法名1.00infobox
Dharma nameHanyu Pinyinfǎmíng fǎhào1.00infobox
Dharma nameIPA[bwɛ̰]1.00infobox
Dharma nameJyutpingfaat3 ming4 faat3 hou61.00infobox
Dharma nameKanaかいみょう1.00infobox
Dharma nameKanji戒名1.00infobox
Dharma nameMcCune–Reischauerpŏmmyŏng1.00infobox
Dharma nameMongolian Cyrillicномын нэр1.00infobox
Dharma nameRevised Romanizationbeommyeong1.00infobox
Dharma nameRomanizationkaimyō1.00infobox
Dharma nameSimplified Chinese法名 法号 戒名 法讳1.00infobox
Dharma nameThaiฉายา1.00infobox
Dharma nameTraditional Chinese法名 法號 戒名 法諱1.00infobox
Dharma nameTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinfǎmíng fǎhàoYue: CantoneseJyutpingfaat3 ming4 faat3 hou61.00infobox
Dharma nameTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationbeommyeongMcCune–Reischauerpŏmmyŏng1.00infobox
Dharma nameTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationkaimyō1.00infobox
Dharma nameVietnamese alphabetpháp danh1.00infobox

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