幢 chuáng

1. chuáng noun a banner; a penant streamer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 旌旗, as in 幡幢 (Guoyu '幢' chuáng n 1; Kroll 2015 '幢' chuáng 1, p. 60; NCCED '幢' chuáng 1, p. 264)
2. chuáng noun a pillar with a Buddhist inscription
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幢' chuáng 2, p. 60; NCCED '幢' chuáng 2, p. 264)
3. zhuàng measure word measure word for buildings
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Pronounced zhuàng or chuáng (Guoyu '幢' chuáng n 1; NCCED '幢' zhuàng, p. 2142)
4. tóng verb to waver; to sway
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used in reduplicated form; see 幢幢 (Kroll 2015 '幢' tóng 1, p. 60)
5. zhuàng noun a curtain for a carriage; a sun screen
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幢' zhuàng 1, p. 60; Guoyu '幢' zhuàng n; Unihan '幢')
6. chuáng noun a pillar with a Buddhist inscription; dhvaja; ketu
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhvaja, Pali: dhaja (BL 'Ketu', p. 431; FGDB '幢'; SH '幢', p. 431)
7. chuáng noun a banner; ketu
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ketu, or: dhvaja, Japanese: dō, Tibetan: rgyal mtshan (BCSD '幢', p. 423; BL 'Ketu', p. 431; Dhammajoti 2013, p 131; FGDB '幢'; Mahāvyutpatti 'dhvajaḥ'; MW 'dhvaja')

Contained in

• 高建法幢论(高建法幢論) Gao Jian Verses on Consciousness Only
• 无量幢佛(無量幢佛) Amitadhvaja Buddha; Measureless Curtain Buddha
• 经幢(經幢) a sutra pillar; dhvaja; flag banner ; inscription pillar
• 宝幢佛(寶幢佛) Ratnaketu Buddha
• 胜幢臂印经(勝幢臂印經) Dhvajāgrakeyūrā
• 宝幢(寶幢) a Buddhist ensign or banner ; Ratnaketu
• 妙臂印幢陀罗尼经(妙臂印幢陀羅尼經) Dhvajāgrakeyūrā; Miao Bi Yin Chuang Tuoluoni Jing
• 海幢 Saradhvaja
• 幢幡 a hanging banner
• 金幢 golden banner
• 胜幢臂印陀罗尼经(勝幢臂印陀羅尼經) Dhvajāgrakeyūrā; Sheng Chuang Bi Yin Tuoluoni Jing
• 金刚幢(金剛幢) vajra banner
• 宝幢如来(寶幢如來) Ratnaketu Tathagata
• 海幢比丘 Saradhvaja
• 白衣金幢二婆罗门缘起经(白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經) The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja; Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing
• 法幢佛 Dharmadhvaja Buddha; Dharma Curtain Buddha
• 法幢 a stone pilar inscribed with scriptures
• 法幢欲倒 The Dharma pillar is about to topple.
• 天幢 a banner; ketu
• 海昌院石经幢(海昌院石經幢) Haichang Temple pillar inscription
• 大毘卢遮那成佛神变加持经莲华胎藏菩提幢标帜普通真言藏广大成就瑜伽(大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經蓮華胎藏菩提幢標幟普通真言藏廣大成就瑜伽) Vairocana Sutra Lotus Matrix, Bodhi Banner Mantra Collection and Attainment Yoga; Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Lianhua Tai Cang Puti Chuang Biao Zhi Putong Zhenyan Cang Guangda Chengjiu Yujia
• 胜幢印经(勝幢印經) Dhvajāgrakeyūrā
• 幢盖(幢蓋) banners and canopies
• 无数幢幡以为严饰(無數幢幡以為嚴飾) embellished by thousands of banners and triumphal streamers

Also contained in

石幢 、 幡幢 、 幢幢

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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: 96
• Scroll 15 Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經 — count: 58
• Scroll 6 Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經 — count: 56
• Scroll 60 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 49 , has English translation
• Scroll 7 Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經 — count: 46
• Scroll 44 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 44
• Scroll 1 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 41 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 41
• Scroll 9 Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經 — count: 39
• Scroll 2 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 39

Collocations

• 高幢 (高幢) 以此寶珠置高幢上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 20
• 圣幢 (聖幢) 建立聖幢 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 7
• 幢头 (幢頭) 持珠著幢頭 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 幢麾 (幢麾) 并除幢麾 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 6
• 幢如来 (幢如來) 十五號智高幢如來 — Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經, Scroll 4 — count: 5
• 幢上 (幢上) 以此寶珠置高幢上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 甘露幢 (甘露幢) 得甘露幢 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 华幢 (華幢) 汝傾欲華幢 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 子幢 (子幢) 當念伊舍那天子幢 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 35 — count: 3
• 幢品第 (幢品第) 高幢品第二十四之一 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 3