四方 sì fāng

  1. sì fāng noun north, south, east, and west; all sides
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '四方'; Guoyu '四方' 1)
  2. sì fāng noun neighboring states on all borders
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '四方' 2)
  3. sì fāng noun a rectangle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '四方' 3)
  4. sì fāng noun four quarters
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: This term refers to the four quarters of a mandala used in a tantric ritual, For the four points of the compass: 因陀羅 Indra is located in the east; 焰魔羅方 Yama in the south; 嚩嚕拏 Varuṇa in the west; 毘娑門 Vaiśramaṇa in the north. For the four intermediate directions: 伊舍尼 Iśāna in the northeast; 護摩 agni in the southeast; 涅哩底 Nirṛti in the southwest; 嚩瘐 Varuṇa in the northwest (Ding '四方'; FGDB '四方'; SH '四方', p. 176).

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  • Scroll 1 Zhangzhe Shi Bao Jing (Velāma) 長者施報經 — count: 27
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 24
  • Scroll 9 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 21 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Bu Suiji Jiemo 四分律刪補隨機羯磨 — count: 20
  • Scroll 35 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 18 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Dharmaguptabhikṣuṇīkarman (Si Fen Biqiuni Jiemo Fa) 四分比丘尼羯磨法 — count: 16
  • Scroll 6 Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經 — count: 16
  • Scroll 6 Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經 — count: 16
  • Scroll 1 Jiemo 羯磨 — count: 15
  • Scroll 1 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 15

Collocations

  • 二三四方 (二三四方) 如是二三四方 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 43
  • 四方面 (四方面) 於四方面 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — count: 40
  • 施四方 (施四方) 施四方比丘眾者 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 39 — count: 31
  • 普四方 (普四方) 普四方面 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 9 — count: 21
  • 四方彗星 (四方彗星) 四方彗星出 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 12
  • 四方来 (四方來) 從四方來 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
  • 及四方 (及四方) 上下及四方 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 11
  • 观四方 (觀四方) 遍觀四方 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 四方风 (四方風) 四方風中受諸快樂 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 7
  • 周匝四方 (周匝四方) 周匝四方有水 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 1 — count: 6