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沙门

沙門
shāmén
noun #26,457

Meanings

  1. 1 śramaṇa (Buddhist monk or ascetic)
  2. 2 Buddhist clergy (transliteration from Sanskrit)

Examples

沙门是梵文的音译，指出家修行的僧侣。
Shāmén shì Fànwén de yīnyì, zhǐ chūjiā xiūxíng de sēnglǚ.
Shamen is a transliteration from Sanskrit, referring to monks who have left home to practice asceticism.
古代许多沙门在深山中修行。
Gǔdài xǔduō shāmén zài shēnshān zhōng xiūxíng.
In ancient times, many Buddhist monks practiced in deep mountains.

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history
沙门 is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word śramaṇa, referring to an ascetic or renunciant. It was widely used in early Chinese Buddhist texts to refer to Buddhist monastics.

Stroke Order

沙 shā
门 mén