1. verb to grind
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 磨粉 'grind into powder' (Guoyu '磨' v 2; Unihan '磨')
  2. noun grindstone
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 石磨 (Guoyu '磨' mò n; Unihan '磨')
  3. verb to polish; to sharpen; to rub
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 磨光 'polish' or 磨刀 'sharpen a knife' (Guoyu '磨' v 1; Unihan '磨')
  4. verb to turn around
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 掉转 (Guoyu '磨' mò v 2)
  5. verb to mill
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '磨' mò v 1)
  6. verb to eliminate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 消灭 (Guoyu '磨' v 3)
  7. verb to be tangled
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 纠缠不休 (Guoyu '磨' v 4)
  8. noun a difficulty; an obstruction
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 艰难 or 阻碍 (Guoyu '磨' n)
  9. noun grindstone; śilāputra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śilāputra, Japanese: ma, Tibetan: gtun bu (BCSD '磨', p. 891; Mahāvyutpatti 'śilāputraḥ'; MW 'śilāputra'; SH '磨', p. 449; Unihan '磨')

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  • Scroll 1 Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經 — count: 65
  • Scroll 40 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 34 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Miscellaneous Mantras Sutra (Zhongzhong Za Zhou Jing) 種種雜呪經 — count: 33
  • Scroll 6 Ratnaketudhāraṇī (Bao Xing Tuoluoni Jing) 寶星陀羅尼經 — count: 30
  • Scroll 44 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 26 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 22
  • Scroll 31 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 21
  • Scroll 30 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 20
  • Scroll 45 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 19 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Wonderful, Universal, Secret and Highest Method for Meditation, Great Teaching King of Sūtras (Miao Jixiang Pingdeng Mimi Zuishang Guan Men Da Jiao Wang Jing) 妙吉祥平等祕密最上觀門大教王經 — count: 17

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  • 摩纳磨 (摩納磨) 梵志阿蘭那有無量百千摩納磨 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 40 — count: 34
  • 磨帝 (磨帝) 那磨帝 — Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
  • 罗磨 (羅磨) 舍羅磨尼離 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 59 — count: 7
  • 迦磨 (迦磨) 釋氏摩訶男詣尊者迦磨比丘所 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 6
  • 磨比丘 (磨比丘) 釋氏摩訶男詣尊者迦磨比丘所 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 5
  • 磨迮 (磨迮) 經常磨迮 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 42 — count: 5
  • 磨聚落 (磨聚落) 住鞞羅磨聚落北身恕林中 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 5
  • 紫磨 (紫磨) 猶如紫磨 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 57 — count: 5
  • 剑磨 (劍磨) 在劍磨瑟曇拘樓都邑 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 24 — count: 4
  • 磨碾 (磨碾) 熟擣磨碾 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 59 — count: 4