tulpa

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a calque of Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) or निर्माण (nirmāṇa, “build”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʌlpə/, /ˈtuːlpə/ Rhymes: -ʌlpə === Noun === tulpa (plural tulpa or tulpas or (often in sense 2) tulpae) (Buddhism, mysticism) A 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. ==== Derived terms ==== tulpamancy ==== Translations ==== === References === What is a tulpa? === Anagrams === Pluta, Putla == Kashubian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtul.pa/ Rhymes: -ulpa Syllabification: tul‧pa === Noun === tulpa f alternative form of tëlpa === Further reading === Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “tulipan”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]