灯 (燈) dēng

  1. dēng noun a lamp; a lantern
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Optics
    Notes: For Example, 把灯亮当鬼火 'to take light from a lantern as fire from a demon' (CC-CEDICT '燈'; Guoyu '燈' n 1; Kroll 2015 '燈' 1, p. 80; Suyu. p. 14; Unihan '燈'; XHZD '灯', p. 137)
  2. dēng noun a lamp; a lantern
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dīpa, Japanese: tou, or: tei, or: chou, Tibetan: mar me; a metaphor for truth (BCSD '燈', p. 797; Edgerton 1953 'dīpa', p. 265; Kroll 2015 '燈' 1a, p. 80; Mahāvyutpatti 'dīpaḥ'; MW 'dīpa'; SH '燈', p. 448; Unihan '燈')

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  • Scroll 35 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 75
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 51
  • Scroll 4 Zhu Jing Yao Ji 諸經要集 — count: 48
  • Scroll 1 Mahayana Vajra Cudamani Bodhisattva Cultivation (Dasheng Jingang Jizhu Pusa Xiuxing Fen) 大乘金剛髻珠菩薩修行分 — count: 46
  • Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 45
  • Scroll 1 Buddhanāmasahasrapañcaśatacatustripañcadaśa (Wu Qian Wu Bai Fo Ming Shen Zhou Chu Zhang Mie Zui Jing) 五千五百佛名神呪除障滅罪經 — count: 40
  • Scroll 1 Xu Qingliang Chuan 續清涼傳 — count: 39
  • Scroll 333 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 37 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 36
  • Scroll 2 Overiew of the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論宗致義記 — count: 34 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 千灯 (千燈) 大王若能剜其身肉用作千燈 — Jātaka Stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Ben Xing Jing) 菩薩本行經, Scroll 1 — count: 20
  • 燃灯 (燃燈) 冥室燃燈 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 15
  • 灯照 (燈照) 如千燈照互增明 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
  • 覆灯 (覆燈) 汝可以傘蓋覆燈持出 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 9
  • 灯供养 (燈供養) 十幡燈供養 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 灯炷 (燈炷) 以為燈炷 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 5
  • 灯三昧 (燈三昧) 有淨燈三昧 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
  • 智慧灯 (智慧燈) 能燃智慧燈 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
  • 灯焰 (燈焰) 其燈焰上怗然不動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 5
  • 燃油灯 (燃油燈) 及燃油燈在夜闇中光明照耀 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 57 — count: 4