八方 bā fāng

1. bā fāng set phrase the eight points of the compass; all directions
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '八方'; Guoyu '八方')
2. bā fāng phrase eight directions; aṣṭadiś
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: aṣṭadiś; for example in the 妙法蓮華經 Lotus Sutra (MW 'aṣṭadiś'; Braarvig 2020, ch. 11; Hurvitz 2009, p. 186; Kern tr. 1884, ch. 11; Vaidya 1960, p. 151; T 262, Scroll 4, 9.0033b02)

Contained in

• 八方天 devas of the eight directions
• 施八方天仪则(施八方天儀則) Offering to the Devas of the Eight Directions Liturgy; Shi Ba Fang Tian Yi Ze

Also contained in

眼观六路耳听八方 、 眼观四面，耳听八方 、 四面八方 、 八方受敌

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Amituo Sanyesan Fo Saloufo Tan Guodu Rendao Jing) 阿彌陀三耶三佛薩樓佛檀過度人道經 — count: 45
• Scroll 7 Bhadrakalpikasūtra (Xian Jie Jing) 賢劫經 — count: 22
• Scroll 3 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經 — count: 21
• Scroll 2 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經 — count: 16
• Scroll 1 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經 — count: 13
• Scroll 2 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Amituo Sanyesan Fo Saloufo Tan Guodu Rendao Jing) 阿彌陀三耶三佛薩樓佛檀過度人道經 — count: 13
• Scroll 2 Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經 — count: 8
• Scroll 3 Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經 — count: 8 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 3 Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經 — count: 7
• Scroll 34 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 7

Collocations

• 八方上下 (八方上下) 八方上下 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 125
• 流八方 (流八方) 舍利普流八方上下 — Bhadrakalpikasūtra (Xian Jie Jing) 賢劫經, Scroll 7 — count: 19
• 八方神 (八方神) 畫八方神各與眷屬 — Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經, Scroll 2 — count: 15
• 令八方 (令八方) 令八方上下各千億佛國中諸天 — Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
• 置八方 (置八方) 次於外院置八方神 — Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 10
• 供养八方 (供養八方) 我國諸菩薩欲共供養八方上下無數諸佛 — Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 到八方 (到八方) 到八方上下 — Guang Zan Jing 光讚經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 及八方 (及八方) 若曹及八方上下諸天 — Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
• 八方护世 (八方護世) 及當祭祀八方護世 — Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
• 知八方 (知八方) 知八方 — Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經, Scroll 2 — count: 6