tulpa

发音

/ˈtʌlpə/
/ˈtuːlpə/

词形变化

tulpae tulpas 复数 tulpas tulpae 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.

    宗教 哲学
  2. 2.

    A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.

词源

Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a calque of Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) or निर्माण (nirmāṇa, “build”).

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