灯 (燈) dēng
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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) -
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')
Contained in
- 施灯功德经(施燈功德經) Pradīpadānīya; Shi Deng Gongde Jing
- 续传灯录(續傳燈錄) Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
- 东方最胜灯王陀罗尼经(東方最勝燈王陀羅尼經) Agrapradīpadhāraṇīvidyarajasūtra; Dongfang Zui Sheng Deng Wang Tuoluoni Jing
- 五灯会元(五燈會元) Compendium of the Five Lamps; Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China
- 若灯能自照(若燈能自照) if a light illuminates itself
- 般若灯根本中论颂(般若燈根本中論頌) Lamp of Discernment: Commentary on the Verses of the Middle Way
- 东方最胜灯王如来经(東方最勝燈王如來經) Agrapradīpadhāraṇīvidyarajasūtra; Dongfang Zui Sheng Deng Wang Rulai Jing
- 菩提道灯论(菩提道燈論) A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment; Bodhipathapradīpa
- 灯明(燈明) a lamp held before the Buddha
- 佛说圣最上灯明如来陀罗尼经(佛說聖最上燈明如來陀羅尼經) Agrapradīpadhāraṇīvidyārājasūtra; Fo Shuo Sheng Zuishang Deng Ming Rulai Tuoluoni Jing
- 大威灯光仙人问疑经(大威燈光仙人問疑經) Paramārthadharmavijayasūtra; Da Wei Dengguang Xianren Wen Yi Jing
- 佛光山春节平安灯会(佛光山春節平安燈會) FGS Festival of Light And Peace
- 心灯(心燈) Lamp of the Mind
- 如灯能自照(如燈能自照) as a light illuminates itself
- 以无尽灯传承后代 以自性佛觉悟心性 以三法印印证佛法 以四圣谛统摄信心 以五乘法贯穿佛法 以六度门进入佛国 以七觉支开展智慧 以八正道圆满修证(以無盡燈傳承後代 以自性佛覺悟心性 以三法印印證佛法 以四聖諦統攝信心 以五乘法貫穿佛法 以六度門進入佛國 以七覺支開展智慧 以八正道圓滿修證) Pass the inextinguishable light to future generations. Awaken yourself with your intrinsic Buddha-nature. Authenticate all teachings with the Three Dharma Seals. Crystallize your faith with the Four Noble Truths. Penetrate all teachings with the Five Vehicles. Enter the Buddha land through the door of the Six Perfections. Unfold your wisdom with the Seven Factors of Enlightenment. Perfect your practices and understanding through the Noble Eightfold Path.
- 法灯(法燈) a Dharma lamp
Also contained in
挂灯结綵 、 灯盏 、 壁灯 、 管灯 、 提灯 、 煤气灯 、 远光灯 、 灯管 、 石英卤素灯 、 近光灯 、 矿灯 、 大灯 、 街灯 、 占灯花 、 节能灯 、 前灯 、 探照灯 、 落地灯 、 灯泡 、 灯号 、 天灯 、 投光灯 、 灯塔水母 、 霓虹灯 、 绿灯 、 挑灯夜战 、 台灯 、 挑灯拨火 、 把灯亮当鬼火 、 太阳灯 、 冰灯 、 关灯 、 灯火通明 、 开灯 、 灯芯
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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