Tulpa
//ˈtʌlpə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
"When the year was up, the tulpa began growing. It lost its fear of its master and began taking on new forms of its own. It ceased to run errands ...."
- 2 A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.
Example
More examples"This glistening little tulpa is a four-dimensional creature. The crown of his head is my biological mother squeezing me out, and the tips of his toes will be the death of me. We are about a quarter past his nipples at the moment. Tubular, man!"
Etymology
Borrowed 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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