恒沙 (恆沙) héng shā

1. héng shā phrase sands of the River Ganges
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Quote: from 起信論 “Awakening of Faith” attributed to Aśvaghoṣha (T 1666; Amies 2021 tr.; see also Aśvaghoṣa and Hakeda 2006, p. 62)
2. héng shā phrase the sand of the River Ganges; as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: See 恆河沙 (FGDB '恆河沙')

Contained in

• 恒沙物族 relations are as many as the sands of the Ganges
• 过恒沙等上烦恼(過恒沙等上煩惱) afflictions more numerous than the sands in the Ganges
• 恒沙菩萨(恒沙菩薩) as many bodhisattvas as grains of sand in the River Ganges
• 其数如恒沙(其數如恒沙) as incalculable as the sand of the Ganges
• 于恒沙劫(於恒沙劫) as many complete Æons as there are grains of sand in the Ganges

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Medicine Buddha Contemplation Ritual Manual (Yaoshi Rulai Guan Xing Yi Gui Fa) 藥師如來觀行儀軌法 — count: 1

Collocations

• 恒沙诸佛 (恆沙諸佛) 過去久遠恒沙諸佛 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 32
• 恒沙等 (恆沙等) 如恒沙等 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 3 — count: 21
• 过去恒沙 (過去恆沙) 過去恒沙佛 — Shou Xin Sui Jing (Pravāraṇasūtra) 受新歲經, Scroll 1 — count: 19
• 恒沙劫 (恆沙劫) 吾懼恒沙劫畢 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 6 — count: 18
• 十方恒沙 (十方恆沙) 於十方恒沙數世界中 — Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經, Scroll 3 — count: 17
• 恒沙世界 (恆沙世界) 神足感動恒沙世界 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
• 恒沙佛刹 (恆沙佛剎) 如恒沙佛剎人民皆令持十戒 — Da Ming Du Jing 大明度經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 恒沙佛 (恆沙佛) 過去恒沙佛 — Shou Xin Sui Jing (Pravāraṇasūtra) 受新歲經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 恒沙数 (恆沙數) 過去恒沙數 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 6
• 恒沙众 (恆沙眾) 我等魔子恒沙眾 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 9 — count: 5