阿字 a zì
a zì
phrase
the letter a
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Japanese: aji; the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, symbolizing the unity of the world and unproduced nature of things in Esoteric teachings (Ding '第一句'; DJBT '阿字', p. 3; JEDB '阿字', p. 5)
Contained in
- 阿字月轮观(阿字月輪觀) contemplation on the letter a in the disk of the moon
- 阿字门(阿字門) the teaching of the character a
- 阿字観 contemplation on the letter a; ajikan
- 大毘卢遮那经阿闍梨真实智品中阿闍梨住阿字观门(大毘盧遮那經阿闍梨真實智品中阿闍梨住阿字觀門) ācārya's True Knowledge Chapter of the Vairocana Sutra: Contemplation on the Letter A; Da Piluzhena Jing Asheli Zhenshi Zhi Pin Zhong Asheli Zhu A Zi Guan Men
- 阿字本不生 the letter a indicates an unproduced nature
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Protection of the Ruler of the State Dharani Sutra (Shouhu Guo Jie Zhu Tuoluoni Jing) 守護國界主陀羅尼經 — count: 97
- Scroll 68 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 65 , has English translation
- Scroll 12 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 53
- Scroll 17 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 49
- Scroll 19 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 45
- Scroll 14 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 42
- Scroll 2 Da Piluzhena Jing Gongyang Cidi Fa Shu 大毘盧遮那經供養次第法疏 — count: 34
- Scroll 1 Ācārya's True Knowledge Chapter of the Vairocana Sutra: Contemplation on the Letter A (Da Piluzhena Jing Asheli Zhenshi Zhi Pin Zhong Asheli Zhu A Zi Guan Men) 大毘盧遮那經阿闍梨真實智品中阿闍梨住阿字觀門 — count: 32
- Scroll 11 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 23
- Scroll 7 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 22
Collocations
- 阿字时 (阿字時) 同學字母唱阿字時 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 4 — count: 8
- 阿字总持门 (阿字總持門) 此說阿字總持門 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 65 — count: 7
- 所谓阿字 (所謂阿字) 所謂阿字義 — The Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines 摩訶般若波羅蜜經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 观阿字 (觀阿字) 宴坐觀阿字 — Mahāvairocanaabhisaṃbodhivikurvitādhiṣṭānavaipulya (Vairocana Sutra) 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 唱阿字 (唱阿字) 同學字母唱阿字時 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
- 阿字等 (阿字等) 即此阿字等 — Mahāvairocanaabhisaṃbodhivikurvitādhiṣṭānavaipulya (Vairocana Sutra) 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經, Scroll 6 — count: 6
- 转阿字 (轉阿字) 次當轉阿字 — Mahāvairocanaabhisaṃbodhivikurvitādhiṣṭānavaipulya (Vairocana Sutra) 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經, Scroll 7 — count: 6
- 一阿字 (一阿字) 所謂微密一阿字 — Father and Son Compilation (Fu Zi He Ji Jing) 父子合集經, Scroll 10 — count: 5
- 阿字婆 (阿字婆) 名阿字婆 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
- 入阿字 (入阿字) 當入阿字陀羅尼 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 65 — count: 5