tulpa
тульпа
A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginaryA magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
/ˈtʌlpə/
Meaning
2 sensesA magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.
тульпаtulʹpa
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
modern type of imaginary friend:
Origin
Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a cBorrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a calque of Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) or निर्माण (nirmāṇa, “build”).
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Forms
plural: tulpa / tulpas / tulpaeWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular