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"spoken word"

Chinese translation: 口誦

01:53 Dec 3, 2014
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Religion
English term or phrase: "spoken word"
Over time, the Aryans' ideas of Brahmanism blended with those of the locals. Brahmanism is named after Brahmanaspati, the "spoken word" at the ritual sacrifice, which eventually gave rise to the names of Brahma, the Creator God, and Brahman, the all-encompassing world soul. Its main ideas include:

How to translate "spoken word" here?
TGG
United States
Local time: 01:43
Chinese translation:口誦
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Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Local time: 13:43
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在这里上下文似乎应翻成“口诵者”。 What do you think?
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2 +2口誦
Lincoln Hui
4口头单词，口语单词
jyuan_us
4“话语”（宗教仪式里所使用的“话语”）
jarv95888
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诵文
David Lin

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
口誦


Explanation:
Just a suggestion.

Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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在这里上下文似乎应翻成“口诵者”。 What do you think?

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agree  tanglsus
13 hrs
agree  Guei Lin
17 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
口头单词，口语单词


Explanation:
口头单词，口语单词

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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-12-03 07:47:01 GMT)
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只存在于口语中的词

jyuan_us
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
“话语”（宗教仪式里所使用的“话语”）


Explanation:
“Brahmanaspati” 的本义是宗教仪式里的念诵的祝辞祷语（"spoken word")，后经神格化成为"the god of the Word." (http://www.karma2grace.org/encyclopedia/Brahmanaspati.html）
在宗教起源的意义里，通常都是直接跟“话语”（神的话语）有关，“文”（或“诵文”）是较后出现的。若仔细追究古印度宗教时，神启都是经由话语（“Vac," "Vox," "Vax," etc.) 而不是书写的文字。


jarv95888
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Reference comments


15 hrs
Reference: 诵文

Reference information:
会不会是 “诵文”？

通常在宗教仪式中使用，主持人自己诵念或参加信众一起诵念。如原文所说在 ritual sacrifice 中使用而演变出来的名字.

用来诵读的经文。

诵 ＝ 用有高低抑扬的腔调念：诵读。背诵。诵诗 《汉语字典》

http://www.chinabaike.com/dir/zidian/S/541339.html

这个佛教经文网址有介绍：

http://nanda.online-dhamma.net/Tipitaka/Sutta/Khuddaka/Khudd...

供讨论。

David Lin
United Kingdom
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