恒河沙 (恆河沙) hénghé shā
-
hénghé shā
phrase
Sands of the Ganges
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism) -
hénghé shā
phrase
grains of sand in the Ganges River; innumerable
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: (Ding '恒河沙') -
hénghé shā
phrase
the sand of the River Ganges; as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gaṅgānadīvāluka, Pali: gaṅgānadīvāluka, Japanese: Gōgasha; an incalculable number (BL 'gaṅgānadīvāluka'; Ding '河沙'; FGDB '恆河沙'; SH '河沙', p. 265)
Contained in
- 恒河沙等国土(恒河沙等國土) many worlds similar to the sands of the river Ganges
- 恒河沙等身命 the number of lifetimes that there are sands in the Ganges river
- 恒河沙数(恆河沙數) innumerable like the sands of the Ganges ; the sand of the River Ganges; as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- The merits of maintaining this sūtra 持經功德分 Diamond Sūtra Discussion — count: 3
- Scroll 2 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 1 , has parallel version
- Unconditioned merits surpass all 無為福勝分 Diamond Sūtra Discussion — count: 1
- Receiving and maintaining the Dharma 如法受持分 Diamond Sūtra Discussion — count: 1
- Not receiving, not desiring 不受不貪分 Diamond Sūtra Discussion — count: 1
Collocations
- 恒河沙等 (恆河沙等) 過去世中有無量恒河沙等諸佛世尊 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 34 — count: 223
- 恒河沙数 (恆河沙數) 百千萬億恒河沙數 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 7 — count: 121
- 恒河沙刹 (恆河沙剎) 至北方過一恒河沙剎 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 102
- 一恒河沙 (一恆河沙) 至北方過一恒河沙剎 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 77
- 恒河沙生 (恆河沙生) 我於無量阿僧祇劫恒河沙生 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 70
- 阿僧祇劫恒河沙 (阿僧祇劫恆河沙) 我於無量阿僧祇劫恒河沙生 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 69
- 二恒河沙 (二恆河沙) 至北方過二恒河沙剎 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 41
- 十方恒河沙 (十方恆河沙) 見於十方恒河沙數世界中現在住世諸佛現大光明 — Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經, Scroll 1 — count: 35
- 十恒河沙 (十恆河沙) 北方去此過十恒河沙剎 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 32
- 第二恒河沙 (第二恆河沙) 入第二恒河沙等阿僧祇劫 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 3 — count: 25