"tulpa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʌlpə/, /ˈtuːlpə/ Forms: tulpa [plural], tulpas [plural], tulpae [often, plural]
Etymology: From Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a calque of Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) or निर्माण (nirmāṇa, “build”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|སྤྲུལ་པ||emanation, magical creation}} Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), {{der|en|sa|निर्मित||build}} Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) Head templates: {{en-noun|tulpa|tulpas|tulpae|pl3qual=often in sense 2}} tulpa (plural tulpa or tulpas or (often in sense 2) tulpae)
  1. (Buddhism, mysticism) A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary. Categories (topical): Buddhism, Pseudoscience Translations (magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been imaginary): トゥルパ (turupa) (Japanese), tulpa [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tulpa-en-noun-4ho4RmGK Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 81 19 Topics: Buddhism, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, philosophy, religion, sciences Disambiguation of 'magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been imaginary': 90 10
  2. A type of thoughtform regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend. Translations (modern type of imaginary friend): タルパ (tarupa) (Japanese), тульпа (tulʹpa) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tulpa-en-noun-ct34PnT2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'modern type of imaginary friend': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tulpamancy

Inflected forms

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