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Chinese
Etymology
The Buddhism sense is a translation of Sanskrit श्रोत्रेन्द्रिय (śrotrendriya, “sense or organ of hearing”). The Tibetan equivalent is རྣ་བའི་དབང་པོ (rna ba'i dbang po).
Pronunciation
Noun
耳根
- (anatomy) root of the ear
- in one's ears; near one's ears; ear
- (Buddhism) “ear or hearing faculty”, one of the six sensory faculties
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