魅 mèi
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noun
a demon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '魅' n; Unihan '魅') -
verb
to enchant; to charm
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 魑魅 spirits and devils (CC-CEDICT '魅'; Guoyu '魅' v) -
noun
evil spirit; rākṣasa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: rākṣasa, or: graha, Japanese: mi, or: bi (BCSD '魅', p. 1291; MW 'graha'; SH '魅', p. 446; Unihan '魅')
Contained in
- 着鬼魅者悉得除差(著鬼魅者悉得除差) possession by demons can be cured
Also contained in
魑魅魍魉 、 魅惑 、 精魅 、 歌剧魅影 、 魑魅 、 人格魅力 、 魅影 、 有魅力 、 魅力 、 鬼魅 、 魅力四射
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 8 Abhiseka Sutra (Fo Shuo Guan Ding Jing) 佛說灌頂經 — count: 102
- Scroll 1 White Canopy Buddha Crown Dharani Sutra (Fo Ding Dabai Sangai Tuoluoni Jing) 佛頂大白傘蓋陀羅尼經 — count: 52
- Scroll 70 Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論 — count: 21
- Scroll 3 Mahāsahasrapramardanasūtra (Fo Shuo Shouhu Da Qian Guotu Jing) 佛說守護大千國土經 — count: 21
- Scroll 1 Mahāsahasrapramardanasūtra (Fo Shuo Shouhu Da Qian Guotu Jing) 佛說守護大千國土經 — count: 19
- Scroll 2 Uṣṇīṣacakravartitantra (Yizi Qite Fo Ding Jing) 一字奇特佛頂經 — count: 18
- Scroll 2 Mahāmayūrīvidyārājñīsūtra (Fomu Da Kongque Ming Wang Jing) 佛母大孔雀明王經 — count: 17
- Scroll 3 Subāhuparipṛcchā (Tantra Requested by Subāhu) 蘇婆呼童子請問經 — count: 15 , has parallel version
- Scroll 31 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 13
- Scroll 1 Mahāmayūrīvidyārājñīsūtra (Fomu Da Kongque Ming Wang Jing) 佛母大孔雀明王經 — count: 13
Collocations
- 妖魅 (妖魅) 餓鬼師子及諸妖魅 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 2 — count: 20
- 执魅 (執魅) 或為非人所執魅者 — Fo Shuo Fomu Chusheng San Fa Zang Boreboluomiduo Jing 佛說佛母出生三法藏般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 19 — count: 12
- 魅鬼 (魅鬼) 主魅鬼王 — Sūtra of the Great Vows of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva 地藏菩薩本願經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
- 厌魅 (厭魅) 厭魅勇逸 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
- 邪魅 (邪魅) 設有邪魅諸惡鬼神 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 3 — count: 8
- 魔魅 (魔魅) 亦如魔魅人 — Zhong Xu Mohe Di Jing 佛本行集經, Scroll 4 — count: 7
- 龙魅 (龍魅) 或龍魅 — Subāhuparipṛcchā (Tantra Requested by Subāhu) 蘇婆呼童子請問經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 狐魅 (狐魅) 狐魅 — Zhi Chan Bing Mi Yao Fa 治禪病祕要法, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 天魅 (天魅) 或天魅 — Subāhuparipṛcchā (Tantra Requested by Subāhu) 蘇婆呼童子請問經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
- 魅所持 (魅所持) 及諸鬼神乃至羯吒布單那及餘禽獸諸魅所持 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 57 — count: 3