烧香 (燒香) shāo xiāng
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verb
to burn incense
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '燒香'; Guoyu '燒香' 1) -
verb
to burn incense
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism) -
noun
aromatic powder; incense intended for burning; cūrṇa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: cūrṇa; for example in the 妙法蓮華經 “Lotus Sutra” (Braarvig 2020, ch. 10; Karashima 2001, pp. 330-331; Hurvitz 2009, p. 174; Kern tr. 1884, ch. 10; MW 'cūrṇa'; Vaidya 1960, p. 142; T 262, Scroll 4, 9.0030c07) -
verb
to burn incense; dhūpa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhūpa; or: dhūpana; Japanese: shōkō (DJBT 'shōkō', p. 318; FGDB '燒香'; MW 'dhūpana'; SH '燒香', p. 448) -
proper noun
Head of Devotees’ Gathering
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept: Post 职事
Notes: One of the Forty-Eight Positions in a Chan monastery (Welch 1967, p. 422)
Also contained in
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 、 拣佛烧香 、 烧香拜佛
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 7 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 34
- Scroll 3 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 28
- Scroll 4 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 25
- Scroll 2 Condensed Version of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Mohe Bore Chao Jing) 摩訶般若鈔經 — count: 24 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 24
- Scroll 6 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 18
- Scroll 1 Amoghapāśa Dhāraṇī Sūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Tuoluoni Jing) 不空羂索陀羅尼經 — count: 18
- 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: 15
- Scroll 5 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 14
- Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 13 , has English translation
Collocations
- 散华烧香 (散華燒香) 散華燒香禮事供養 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 35
- 香烧香 (香燒香) 供養花香擣香燒香澤香繒蓋幡 — Da Ming Du Jing 大明度經, Scroll 6 — count: 30
- 烧香散华 (燒香散華) 燒香散華 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 26
- 烧香散花 (燒香散花) 燒香散花 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 22
- 散花烧香 (散花燒香) 散花燒香 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 14
- 末香烧香 (末香燒香) 塗香末香燒香 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 8 — count: 12
- 烧香云 (燒香雲) 雨無量種種燒香雲 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 22 — count: 9
- 烧香供养 (燒香供養) 燒香供養 — Zhuanji Bai Yuan Jing (Avadānaśataka) 撰集百緣經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 种种烧香 (種種燒香) 可辦種種燒香 — Questions of the Deva King Pravara; Suvikrāntavikrāmiparipṛcchāprajñāpāramitāsūtra 勝天王般若波羅蜜經, Scroll 4 — count: 7
- 洒烧香 (灑燒香) 掃灑燒香 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7