/ˈtʌlpə/, /ˈtuːlpə/
OriginBorrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a calque of Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) or निर्माण (nirmāṇa, “build”).
- 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 ....”
- A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.
Formstulpa(plural) · tulpas(plural) · tulpae(often, plural)