本 běn

1. běn measure word measure word for books
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CCD 2 '本' 5; FE '本' 4; Guoyu '本' n 7; HSK 268 '本' 1)
2. běn pronoun this (city, week, etc)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Also classified as a determiner (CCD '本' 8; FE '本' 6; GHDC '本' 9; HSK 269 '本' 2).
3. běn adverb originally; formerly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 本来 (CCD '本' 6; FE '本' 3; GHDC '本' 6; HSK 267 '本' 3; Guoyu '本' adv; Kroll 2015 '本' 3a, p. 14)
4. běn verb to be one's own
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '本' 7; FE '本' 6; GHDC '本' 4; HSK 269 '本' 1; Kroll 2015 '本' 4, p. 14)
5. běn noun origin; source; root; foundation; basis
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 本原 (CCD '本' 3; FE '本' 2; GHDC '本' 2; Guoyu '本' n 2; Kroll 2015 '本' 3, p. 14)
6. běn noun the roots of a plant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 草木 (CCD '本' 1; FE '本' 1; GHDC '本' 1; Guoyu '本' n 1; Kroll 2015 '本' 2, p. 14)
7. běn pronoun self
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 自己 (Guoyu '本' pronoun)
8. běn measure word measure word for flowering plants
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CCD '本' 2)
9. běn noun capital
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 本金 (CCD '本' 4; GHDC '本' 7; HSK 268 '本' 2; Guoyu '本' n 3; Kroll 2015 '本' 6, p. 14)
10. běn adjective main; central; primary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 主要的 (CCD '本' 5; Guoyu '本' adj 1)
11. běn verb according to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '本' 9; GHDC '本' 10; Guoyu '本' v)
12. běn noun a version; an edition
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 版本 (CCD 2 '本' 2; GHDC '本' 12; Kroll 2015 '本' 5, p. 14)
13. běn noun a memorial [presented to the emperor]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 奏本 (CCD 2 '本' 2; GHDC '本' 14; Guoyu '本' n 6)
14. běn noun a book
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 书籍 (CCD 2 '本' 1; GHDC '本' 11; Guoyu '本' n 4; HSK 268 '本' 1)
15. běn noun trunk of a tree
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 1, p. 14)
16. běn verb to investigate the root of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '本' 2a, p. 14)
17. běn noun a manuscript for a play
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 5)
18. běn proper noun Ben
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '本' n 8)
19. běn noun root; origin; mula
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mūla, Japanese: bon, or: hon, or: pon (BCSD '本', p. 642; DJBT '本', p. 432; MW 'mūla'; SH '本', p. 189)
20. běn adjective becoming, being, existing; bhava
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhāva, Tibetan: dngos (BCSD '本', p. 642; Mahāvyutpatti 'bhāvaḥ'; MW 'bhāva')
21. běn adjective former; previous; pūrva
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva, or: pūrvā, or: ādi (BCSD '本', p. 642; MW 'pūrva')

Contained in

• 人本欲生经(人本欲生經) Sutra on the Conditions for Desire and Rebirth; Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing
• 根本说一切有部毘奈耶出家事(根本說一切有部毘奈耶出家事) Vinayavastu; Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Chujia Shi
• 本生谭(本生譚) jātaka; a jātaka story
• 蜀本 Kaibao Canon; Kaibaozang ; Shu Ben; Sichuan edition
• 平等本际(平等本際) equal reality-limit
• 人间佛教本土化(人間佛教本土化) Localization of Humanistic Buddhism
• 五衰相现; 1. 衣服垢秽 2. 头上华萎 3. 腋下出汗 4. 身体臭秽 5. 不乐本座; 小五衰相; 1.乐声不起 2.身光忽灭 3.浴水着身 4.着境不舍 5. 眼目数瞬(五衰相現; 1. 衣服垢穢 2. 頭上華萎 3. 腋下出汗 4. 身體臭穢 5. 不樂本座; 小五衰相; 1.樂聲不起 2.身光忽滅 3.浴水著身 4.著境不捨 5. 眼目數瞬) Five Signs of Decay: 1. Clothes become filthy; 2. Garland atop the head fades; 3. The armpits become sweaty; 4. The body becomes foul-smelling; 5. The heavenly palace appears unpleasant; Five Minor Signs of Decay: 1. The music stops; 2. The body’s radiance fades; 3. Bathwater clings to the body; 4. Attachment to their surroundings; 5. The eyes start blinking
• 本事分 main section
• 灌顶本尊法(灌頂本尊法) ritual for consecrating a personal deity
• 四分比丘戒本疏 Si Fen Biqiu Jie Ben Shu
• 弥勒菩萨所问本愿经(彌勒菩薩所問本願經) Questions of Maitreya; Maitreyaparipṛcchā
• 把本修行 clinging to spiritual cultivation
• 返本还源(返本還源) to return to the origin
• 大本经(大本經) The Scripture of the Great Origin; Mahāpadāna Sutta
• 佛光山人间佛教本山徒众学术研讨会(佛光山人間佛教本山徒眾學術研討會) Academic Conference on Humanistic Buddhism for Members of the Fo Guang Shan Order
• 道为人本(道為人本) The Way Is the Basis of a Human Being
• 本山 main temple; home temple ; this temple
• 法句本末经(法句本末經) Fa Ju Ben Mo Jing

Also contained in

车本 、 本森 、 袖珍本 、 大本涅盘经 、 监本 、 实收资本 、 孤本 、 底本 、 历史成本 、 以人为本 、 小日本 、 邦本 、 基本定理 、 平装本 、 本行 、 样本 、 助人为快乐之本 、 本质 、 笔记本 、 治本 、 正模标本 、 本市 、 自由文本查找 、 本征值 、 日本国 、 扳本 、 追本溯源 、 足本 、 本位音 、 文本编辑器 、 认缴资本 、 绘本 、 本溪市

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• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 391
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 379
• Scroll 7 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義 — count: 300 , has English translation
• Scroll 11 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 282
• Scroll 12 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 249
• Scroll 13 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 228
• Scroll 23 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 228
• Scroll 1 Huayan You Yi 華嚴遊意 — count: 217
• Scroll 1 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 205
• Scroll 3 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 200