In ancient Egypt, the supposed soul of a person or god, which survived after death but had to be sustained with offerings of food. It was typically represented as a human-headed bird.
身魂（古埃及假想中人或神的灵魂，在他们死后仍然存活，但必须靠供奉的食物维系，常以人头鸟身形象表示）。参见KA
See also ka
Example sentencesExamples
- The ba is also the link between life on earth and the afterlife.
- The ba is everything other than the body that makes a person an individual.
- The ba is associated with divinity and power.