ポア
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Japanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ポワ (powa) (formal transcription of Tibetan འཕོ་བ ('pho ba) used in scholarly discussion of the original term)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tibetan འཕོ་བ ('pho ba).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- phowa, a Tibetan Buddhist term appropriated by the Aum Shinrikyo cult to refer to killing someone to save them from bad karma