yán

  1. yán noun cap tassels; string
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '綖'; Guoyu '綖' n; Unihan '綖')
  2. yán verb to delay
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '綖' v)
  3. yán noun thread; sūtra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sūtra, Japanese: en, or: sen; see 經 (BCSD '綖', p. 933; MW 'sūtra'; SH '綖', p. 409; Unihan '綖')

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  • Scroll 1 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 12
  • Scroll 1 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 12
  • Scroll 6 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 12 , has English translation
  • Scroll 52 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 11 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Nāgārjuna’s Treatise of the Five Sciences (Long Shu Wu Ming Lun) 龍樹五明論 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Nāgārjuna’s Treatise of the Five Sciences (Long Shu Wu Ming Lun) 龍樹五明論 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Miscellaneous Dhāraṇī Collection 陀羅尼雜集 — count: 8 , has English translation
  • Scroll 20 Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律 — count: 7 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Zan 妙法蓮華經玄贊 — count: 6
  • Scroll 53 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 6 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 綩綖 (綩綖) 綩綖細輭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 81
  • 五色綖 (五色綖) 五色綖香爐五枚取壇香水 — Scripture on the Great Budosnisa Extensive Collection of Dharanis (Da Fo Ding Guang Ju Tuoluoni Jing) 大佛頂廣聚陀羅尼經, Scroll 4 — count: 26
  • 白綖 (白綖) 赤白色著白色裙帔白綖絡髆 — Mahāmāyūrividyārājñī (Fo Shuo Da Kongque Zhou Wang Jing) 佛說大孔雀呪王經, Scroll 3 — count: 13
  • 綖作 (綖作) 絣色綖作緊 — Scripture on the Great Budosnisa Extensive Collection of Dharanis (Da Fo Ding Guang Ju Tuoluoni Jing) 大佛頂廣聚陀羅尼經, Scroll 5 — count: 10
  • 綖结 (綖結) 以長綖結作種種鬘 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 9
  • 綖系 (綖系) 以呪呪樹以綖繫樹 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 8
  • 綖一 (綖一) 用其緋綖一呪一結 — Avalokiteśvaraikādaśamukhadhāraṇīsūtra (Sutra of the Divine Spell of the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara) 佛說十一面觀世音神呪經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 綖呪 (綖呪) 取五色綖呪二十一遍 — Amoghapāśahṛdayasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Zhou Jing) 不空羂索呪經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 色綖 (色綖) 絣色綖作緊 — Scripture on the Great Budosnisa Extensive Collection of Dharanis (Da Fo Ding Guang Ju Tuoluoni Jing) 大佛頂廣聚陀羅尼經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
  • 黑綖 (黑綖) 黑綖一呪一結 — 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, Scroll 1 — count: 4