zhòu

  1. zhòu noun charm; spell; incantation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Variant of 咒 (CC-CEDICT '呪'; Guoyu '呪'; Kroll 2015 '呪' 1, p. 614; Unihan '呪')
  2. zhòu noun a curse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '呪' 1b, p. 614)
  3. zhòu noun urging; adjure
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '呪' 1a, p. 614)
  4. zhòu noun mantra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mantra, Japanese: ju, or: shu; a sacred text or speech, a prayer or song of praise (BCSD '呪', p. 249; DJBT '呪', p. 426; Kroll 2015 '呪' 2, p. 614; MW 'mantra')

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呪术

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Western Dhāraṇī Matrix Vajra Amṛitakuṇḍali Ritual (Xifang Tuoluoni Cang Zhong Jingang Zu Amiliduojunzhali Fa) 西方陀羅尼藏中金剛族阿蜜哩多軍吒利法 — count: 373
  • Scroll 1 Amoghapāśa Dhāraṇī Sūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Tuoluoni Jing) 不空羂索陀羅尼經 — count: 350
  • Scroll 5 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 307 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 302 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Mahāmaṇivipulavimānaviśvasupratiṣṭhitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparājadhāraṇī (Guangda Bao Louge Shan Zhu Mimi Tuoluoni Jing) 廣大寶樓閣善住祕密陀羅尼經 — count: 268
  • Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 267 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Five Buddha Crowns Samadhi Dharani Sutra; Wu Fo Ding Sanmei Tuoluoni Jing 五佛頂三昧陀羅尼經 — count: 211
  • Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 208 , has English translation
  • Scroll 8 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 206 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 203

Collocations

  • 呪愿 (呪願) 即為呪願 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 45
  • 呪说 (呪說) 無有呪說 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 16
  • 能呪 (能呪) 亦能呪人使作驢馬 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 9
  • 幻化呪 (幻化呪) 沙門瞿曇知幻化呪 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 7
  • 说呪 (說呪) 請比丘為說呪 — Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經, Scroll 10 — count: 7
  • 凶呪 (兇呪) 可為凶呪 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 呪曰 (呪曰) 故結呪曰 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 6
  • 结呪 (結呪) 故結呪曰 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 6
  • 无有呪 (無有呪) 無有呪說 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
  • 句呪 (句呪) 多句呪 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 27 — count: 4