Dharmapalan.

Brit.

/ˌdɑːməˈpɑːlə/, U.S.

/ˌdɑrməˈpɑlə/

Inflections: Plural dharmapalas, unchanged.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit dharmapāla.

Etymology: < Sanskrit dharmapāla < dharma dharma n. + pāla protector.

In some forms of Mahayana Buddhism (esp. that practised in Tibet): a supernatural being that acts as a guardian of the dharma and its adherents.In Tibetan Buddhism, dharmapalas are of two kinds: manifestations of enlightened beings, and unenlightened beings acting under magical constraint.

ΚΠ

1904 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. July 556 The principal figure, an eight-armed divinity, with four concentric heads and a fifth as a diadem with a third eye..must be, from Tibetan types, a Dharmapāla, or rather a divinity in the rôle of a protector of the law.

1973 Burlington Mag. July p. xxvi/3 A Sino-Tibetan copper-gilt figure of the Dharmapala Hayagriva.

2003 W. Lin in J. C. Huntington & D. Bangdel Circle of Bliss 491/1 Through receiving empowerments from one's own guru, and through the performance of Tantric practice, one may evoke the power of a particular Dharmapala and insure the attainment of enlightenment in this lifetime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	dharmapala
释义	Dharmapalan. Brit. /ˌdɑːməˈpɑːlə/, U.S. /ˌdɑrməˈpɑlə/ Inflections: Plural dharmapalas, unchanged. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit dharmapāla. Etymology: < Sanskrit dharmapāla < dharma dharma n. + pāla protector. In some forms of Mahayana Buddhism (esp. that practised in Tibet): a supernatural being that acts as a guardian of the dharma and its adherents.In Tibetan Buddhism, dharmapalas are of two kinds: manifestations of enlightened beings, and unenlightened beings acting under magical constraint. ΚΠ 1904 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. July 556 The principal figure, an eight-armed divinity, with four concentric heads and a fifth as a diadem with a third eye..must be, from Tibetan types, a Dharmapāla, or rather a divinity in the rôle of a protector of the law. 1973 Burlington Mag. July p. xxvi/3 A Sino-Tibetan copper-gilt figure of the Dharmapala Hayagriva. 2003 W. Lin in J. C. Huntington & D. Bangdel Circle of Bliss 491/1 Through receiving empowerments from one's own guru, and through the performance of Tantric practice, one may evoke the power of a particular Dharmapala and insure the attainment of enlightenment in this lifetime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1904
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