1. noun bitter vegetable; thistle
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Botany , Concept: Plant 植物
    Notes: (Unihan '荼')
  2. phonetic dha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ḍha, Siddham: 𑖠; a consonant in the Sanskrit alphabet meaning 'large drum'; a special character in esoteric chanting described in the 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 “Vairocana Sūtra” (BCSD '荼', p. 1015; FGDB '荼'; MW 'ḍha'; SH '荼', p. 363; Wikipedia '悉曇文字'; Giebel 2005, p. 43; T 848, Scroll 2, 18.0010a10)

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秋荼密网达罗毗荼语系食荼卧棘荼毗达罗毗荼如火如荼

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  • Scroll 11 Yamantaka Dharani Sutra (Da Wei De Tuoluoni Jing) 大威德陀羅尼經 — count: 45
  • Scroll 1 Western Dhāraṇī Matrix Vajra Amṛitakuṇḍali Ritual (Xifang Tuoluoni Cang Zhong Jingang Zu Amiliduojunzhali Fa) 西方陀羅尼藏中金剛族阿蜜哩多軍吒利法 — count: 44
  • Scroll 21 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 29 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 60 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 18
  • Scroll 1 The Vajra Blazing Light Stops Rainstorms Dharani Sutra (Jingang Guang Yan Zhi Fengyu Tuoluoni Jing) 金剛光焰止風雨陀羅尼經 — count: 18
  • Scroll 5 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 17
  • Scroll 2 Translating Sanskrit (Fan Fanyu) 翻梵語 — count: 15
  • Scroll 2 Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation (Fanyi Mingyi Ji) 翻譯名義集 — count: 14
  • Scroll 3 Guhya Sutra (Ruixiye Jing) 蕤呬耶經 — count: 13
  • Scroll 3 Yamantaka Dharani Sutra (Da Wei De Tuoluoni Jing) 大威德陀羅尼經 — count: 13

Collocations

  • 奔荼 (奔荼) 奔荼利花等 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 21
  • 荼利 (荼利) 奔荼利花等 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 20
  • 檀荼 (檀荼) 姓檀荼氏 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 13 — count: 11
  • 唱荼 (唱荼) 唱荼 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 4 — count: 9
  • 荼迦 (荼迦) 如檀荼迦空曠野澤被火燒時 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 23 — count: 8
  • 荼波尼 (荼波尼) 時淨飯王聞其化內有釋大臣檀荼波尼有如是女 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 13 — count: 7
  • 般荼 (般荼) 名般荼甘婆羅 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 7
  • 呼荼 (呼荼) 有一人屏處獨食摩呼荼迦 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 59 — count: 7
  • 槃荼 (槃荼) 與無數究槃荼神前後圍遶 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 7
  • 留荼 (留荼) 伽留荼 — Tathāgataguṇajñānācintyaviṣayāvatāranirdeśasūtra (Fo Huayan Ru Rulai De Zhi Bu Siyi Jingjie Jing) 佛華嚴入如來德智不思議境界經, Scroll 1 — count: 7