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阇黎

shé lí

2-character word Traditional 闍黎

What 阇黎 means

1. Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration)
2. also written {阇梨|shé lí}

The characters in 阇黎

• 阇dūdefensive platform over gate; barbican
• 黎lí(literary) black; dark; many

Words containing 阇黎

• 阿阇黎ā shé líBuddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration); also written 阿阇梨

Sounds the same

Read shé lí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阇梨Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala)

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