筵 yán

  1. yán noun a feast
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '筵'; Guoyu '筵' n 2; Unihan '筵')
  2. yán noun a mat for sitting on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '筵' n 1)
  3. yán noun a mat; saṃstaraka
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: saṃstaraka, Japanese: en (BCSD '筵', p. 921; Unihan '筵')

Contained in

  • 素筵 vegetarian feast; food offerings to Buddha
  • 法筵 a seat for teaching the Dharma

Also contained in

喜筵 、 天下没有不散的筵席 、 酒筵 、 绮筵 、 歌筵 、 筵席 、 婚筵 、 筵上 、 寿筵 、 盛筵 、 经筵 、 琼筵 、 别筵 、 筵宴 、 讲筵 、 汤饼筵 、 开筵 、 筵席捐

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 7 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 6 , has English translation
  • Scroll 7 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 5
  • Scroll 26 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 5 , has English translation
  • Scroll 14 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 5
  • Scroll 6 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 5
  • Scroll 7 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 5
  • Scroll 11 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 4
  • Scroll 10 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 9 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 4

Collocations

  • 临筵 (臨筵) 臨筵 — Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄, Scroll 7 — count: 13
  • 茶筵 (茶筵) 茶筵次 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 8
  • 几筵 (幾筵) 不樂綺麗茵褥几筵 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 御筵 (禦筵) 百華開赴御筵時 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 6 — count: 4
  • 祭筵 (祭筵) 中間嚴設祭筵爐瓶香凡 — The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 筵听法 (筵聽法) 天子臨筵聽法 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 6 — count: 3
  • 地筵 (地筵) 躬御地筵同僧列飯 — Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓, Scroll 10 — count: 3
  • 梵筵 (梵筵) 仰梵筵之高啟 — Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄, Scroll 5 — count: 3
  • 筵相待 (筵相待) 置茶筵相待 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 5 — count: 2
  • 筵请 (筵請) 時有長者將筵請 — Amituo Jing Tong Zan Shu 阿彌陀經通贊疏, Scroll 1 — count: 2