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墊腳


垫脚

see styles
diàn jiao
    dian4 jiao5
tien chiao
litter (animal bedding)

墊被


垫被

see styles
diàn bèi
    dian4 bei4
tien pei
mattress

墊補


垫补

see styles
diàn bu
    dian4 bu5
tien pu
(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money; (coll.) to snack

墊褥


垫褥

see styles
diàn rù
    dian4 ru4
tien ju
cotton-padded mattress

墊高


垫高

see styles
diàn gāo
    dian4 gao1
tien kao
a support; to raise; to bolster; to jack up

墨書

see styles
 bokusho
    ぼくしょ
(noun, transitive verb) writing in India ink

墨汁

see styles
mò zhī
    mo4 zhi1
mo chih
 bokujuu / bokuju
    ぼくじゅう
prepared Chinese ink
(1) India ink; China ink; (2) ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)

墨液

see styles
 bokueki
    ぼくえき
(See 墨汁・1) India ink; China ink

墨画

see styles
 bokuga
    ぼくが
India-ink drawing

墳典


坟典

see styles
fén diǎn
    fen2 dian3
fen tien
 bunten
ancient books

壓電


压电

see styles
yā diàn
    ya1 dian4
ya tien
piezoelectricity (physics)

壞掉


坏掉

see styles
huài diào
    huai4 diao4
huai tiao
to get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined

士多

see styles
shì duō
    shi4 duo1
shih to
 shita
    した
(dialect) store (loanword)
(place-name) Shita

壷草

see styles
 tsubokusa
    つぼくさ
(kana only) Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica); centella; gotu kola; Indian pennywort

壷黴

see styles
 tsubokabi
    つぼかび
(kana only) chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales)

壺草

see styles
 tsubokusa
    つぼくさ
(kana only) Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica); centella; gotu kola; Indian pennywort

壺黴

see styles
 tsubokabi
    つぼかび
(kana only) chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales)

夏中

see styles
xià zhōng
    xia4 zhong1
hsia chung
 natsunaka
    なつなか
(archaism) midsummer; height of summer; (place-name) Natsunaka
During the summer, the middle of the summer; the rainy reason spent by the monks of India in retirement.

外典

see styles
wài diǎn
    wai4 dian3
wai tien
 gaiten; geten; geden(ok)
    がいてん; げてん; げでん(ok)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 正典) Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (usu. げてん) (See 内典) non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)
non-Buddhist texts

外媒

see styles
wài méi
    wai4 mei2
wai mei
foreign news media (abbr. for 外國媒體|外国媒体[wai4 guo2 mei2 ti3])

外帯

see styles
 gaitai
    がいたい
(1) (See 内帯・1) area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; (2) (See 西南日本外帯) area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line

外径

see styles
 gaikei / gaike
    がいけい
outer diameter

外徑


外径

see styles
wài jìng
    wai4 jing4
wai ching
external diameter (including thickness of the wall)
See: 外径

外爺


外爷

see styles
wài ye
    wai4 ye5
wai yeh
(dialect) maternal grandfather

外電


外电

see styles
wài diàn
    wai4 dian4
wai tien
 gaiden
    がいでん
reports from foreign news agencies
foreign telegram

多咱

see styles
duō zan
    duo1 zan5
to tsan
(dialect) when?; what time?; whenever

多飲

see styles
 tain
    たいん
polydipsia; excessive thirst (e.g. with diabetes)

夜店

see styles
yè diàn
    ye4 dian4
yeh tien
 yomise
    よみせ
nightclub
night stall; night shop; night fair

夜摩

see styles
yè mó
    ye4 mo2
yeh mo
 yama
Yama, 'originally the Aryan god of the dead, living in a heaven above the world, the regent of the South; but Brahminism transferred his abode to hell. Both views have been retained by Buddhism.' Eitel. Yama in Indian mythology is ruler over the dead and judge in the hells, is 'grim in aspect, green in colour, clothed in red, riding on a buffalo, and holding a club in one hand and noose in the other': he has two four-eyed watch-dogs. M. W. The usual form is 閻摩 q. v.

大事

see styles
dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 daiji
    だいじ
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
(adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK
(因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise.

大典

see styles
dà diǎn
    da4 dian3
ta tien
 hironori
    ひろのり
ceremony; collection of classical writings
(1) grand ceremony; state ceremony; (2) important law; legal canon; (personal name) Hironori

大勇

see styles
dà yǒng
    da4 yong3
ta yung
 daiyuu / daiyu
    だいゆう
real courage; (personal name) Daiyū
Āryaśūra. Also 聖勇 The great brave, or ārya the brave. An Indian Buddhist author of several works.

大大

see styles
dà dà
    da4 da4
ta ta
greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle

大山

see styles
dà shān
    da4 shan1
ta shan
 daisen
    だいせん
Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC
(1) big gamble; big plunge; (2) (orig. meaning) big mountain; (place-name, surname) Daisen
great mountain(s)

大日

see styles
dà rì
    da4 ri4
ta jih
 dainichi
    だいにち
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Dainichi
Vairocana, or Mahāvairocana 大日如來; 遍照如來; 摩訶毘盧遮那; 毘盧遮那; 大日覺王 The sun, "shining everywhere" The chief object of worship of the Shingon sect in Japan, "represented by the gigantic image in the temple at Nara." (Eliot.) There he is known as Dai-nichi-nyorai. He is counted as the first, and according to some, the origin of the five celestial Buddhas (dhyāni-buddhas, or jinas). He dwells quiescent in Arūpa-dhātu, the Heaven beyond form, and is the essence of wisdom (bodhi) and of absolute purity. Samantabhadra 普賢 is his dhyāni-bodhisattva. The 大日經 "teaches that Vairocana is the whole world, which is divided into Garbhadhātu (material) and Vajradhātu (indestructible), the two together forming Dharmadhātu. The manifestations of Vairocana's body to himself―that is, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ―are represented symbolically by diagrams of several circles ". Eliot. In the 金剛界 or vajradhātu maṇḍala he is the center of the five groups. In the 胎藏界 or Garbhadhātu he is the center of the eight-leaf (lotus) court. His appearance, symbols, esoteric word, differ according to the two above distinctions. Generally he is considered as an embodiment of the Truth 法, both in the sense of dharmakāya 法身 and dharmaratna 法寳. Some hold Vairocana to be the dharmakāya of Śākyamuni 大日與釋迦同一佛 but the esoteric school denies this identity. Also known as 最高顯廣眼藏如來, the Tathagata who, in the highest, reveals the far-reaching treasure of his eye, i.e. the sun. 大日大聖不動明王 is described as one of his transformations. Also, a śramaņa of Kashmir (contemporary of Padma-saṃbhava); he is credited with introducing Buddhism into Khotan and being an incarnation of Mañjuśrī; the king Vijaya Saṃbhava built a monastery for him.

大殿

see styles
dà diàn
    da4 dian4
ta tien
 daiden
    だいでん
main hall of a Buddhist temple
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See 若殿・わかとの・2) current master; father of one's current master; (2) (honorific or respectful language) minister (of government); noble; (3) (honorific or respectful language) (archaism) nobleman's residence; (surname) Daiden
great shrine hall

大王

see styles
dài wang
    dai4 wang5
tai wang
 daiou / daio
    だいおう
robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
(honorific or respectful language) great king; (place-name, surname) Daiou
mahārāja 摩賀羅惹. Applied to the four guardians of the universe, 四大天王.

大虚

see styles
 taikyo
    たいきょ
(1) the sky; the universe; (2) taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi); (given name) Taikyo

大調


大调

see styles
dà diào
    da4 diao4
ta tiao
major key (in music)

大鑑

see styles
dà jiàn
    da4 jian4
ta chien
 taikan
    たいかん
encyclopedia
great mirror

大顚

see styles
dà diān
    da4 dian1
ta tien
 Daiten
Da Dian, the appellation of a famous monk and writer, named 寶通 Baotong, whom tigers followed; he died at 93 years of age in A. D. 824; author of 般若波羅蜜多心經 and 金剛經釋義.

天帝

see styles
tiān dì
    tian1 di4
t`ien ti
    tien ti
 tentei / tente
    てんてい
God of heaven; Celestial emperor
(1) Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); (2) {Christn} God; (3) {Buddh} (See 帝釈天・たいしゃくてん) Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
King, or emperor of Heaven, i. e. 因陀羅 Indra, i. e. 釋 (釋迦); 釋迦婆; 帝 (帝釋); Śakra, king of the devaloka 忉利天, one of the ancient gods of India, the god of the sky who fights the demons with his vajra, or thunderbolt. He is inferior to the trimūrti, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, having taken the place of Varuṇa, or sky. Buddhism adopted him as its defender, though, like all the gods, he is considered inferior to a Buddha or any who have attained bodhi. His wife is Indrāṇī.

天根

see styles
tiān gēn
    tian1 gen1
t`ien ken
    tien ken
 tenne
    てんね
(personal name) Tenne
The phallic emblem of Śiva, which Xuanzang found in the temples of India; he says the Hindus 'worship it without being ashamed'.

天王

see styles
tiān wáng
    tian1 wang2
t`ien wang
    tien wang
 tennou / tenno
    てんのう
emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
(1) {Buddh} heavenly king; (2) (See 牛頭天王) Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva); (place-name, surname) Tennou
Maharāja-devas; 四天王 Caturmahārāja. The four deva kings in the first or lowest devaloka, on its four sides. E. 持國天王 Dhṛtarāṣṭra. S. 增長天王 Virūḍhaka. W. 廣目天王 Virūpākṣa. N. 多聞天王 Dhanada, or Vaiśravaṇa. The four are said to have appeared to 不空 Amogha in a temple in Xianfu, some time between 742-6, and in consequence he introduced their worship to China as guardians of the monasteries, where their images are seen in the hall at the entrance, which is sometimes called the 天王堂 hall of the deva-kings. 天王 is also a designation of Siva the 大白在, i. e. Maheśvara 摩醯首羅, the great sovereign ruler.

天督

see styles
tiān dū
    tian1 du1
t`ien tu
    tien tu
 Tentoku
Tiandu, an erroneous form of 天竺, or 印度 Yindu, India.

天神

see styles
tiān shén
    tian1 shen2
t`ien shen
    tien shen
 tenjin
    てんじん
god; deity
(1) (also pronounced てんしん) heavenly god; heavenly gods; (2) spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; (3) (See 天満宮) Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (4) (colloquialism) (See 梅干し) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (5) (abbreviation) (See 天神髷) tenjin hairstyle; (6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (7) (See 転軫) tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen); (place-name, surname) Tenjin
deva 提婆 or devatā 泥縛多. (1) Brahma and the gods in general, including the inhabitants of the devalokas, all subject to metem-psychosis. (2) The fifteenth patriarch, a native of South India, or Ceylon and disciple of Nāgārjuna; he is also styled Devabodhisattva 提婆菩薩, Āryadeva 聖天, and Nilanetra 靑目 blue-eyed, or 分別明 clear discriminator. He was the author of nine works and a famous antagonist of Brahmanism.

天童

see styles
tiān tóng
    tian1 tong2
t`ien t`ung
    tien tung
 tendou / tendo
    てんどう
cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs; (place-name, surname) Tendou
Divine youths, i. e. deva guardians of the Buddha-law who appear as Mercuries, or youthful messengers of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

天竺

see styles
tiān zhú
    tian1 zhu2
t`ien chu
    tien chu
 tenjiku
    てんじく
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
(1) (obsolete) India; (2) (abbreviation) (See 天竺木綿) cotton sheeting; (prefix noun) (3) foreign; imported; (prefix noun) (4) ultra-spicy; extra hot; (place-name, surname) Tenjiku
(天竺國) India; 竹 zhu is said to have the same sound as 篤 tu, suggesting a connection with the 度 tu in 印度 Indu; other forms are 身毒 Sindhu, Scinde; 賢豆 Hindu; and 印持伽羅. The term is explained by 月 moon, which is the meaning of Indu, but it is said to be so called because the sages of India illumine the rest of the world: or because of the half-moon shape of the land, which was supposed to be 90, 000 li in circumference, and placed among other kingdoms like the moon among the stars. Another name is 因陀羅婆他那 ? Indravadana, or Indrabhavana, the region where Indra dwells. A hill and monastery near Hangchow.

天花

see styles
tiān huā
    tian1 hua1
t`ien hua
    tien hua
 tenge
    てんげ
smallpox; ceiling; stamen of corn; (old) snow; (dialect) sesame oil
(Buddhist term) flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image; snow; (place-name) Tenge
heavenly flowers

天草

see styles
 amagusa
    あまぐさ
(kana only) any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale); (surname) Amagusa

天道

see styles
tiān dào
    tian1 dao4
t`ien tao
    tien tao
 tendou / tendo
    てんどう
natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect)
(1) (てんとう only) the sun; (2) god of heaven and the earth; (3) laws governing the heavens; (4) {astron} celestial path; celestial motion; (5) {Buddh} (See 六道) deva realm (svarga); (surname, given name) Tendō
deva-gati, or devasopāna, 天趣. (1) The highest of the six paths 六道, the realm of devas, i. e. the eighteen heavens of form and four of formlessness. A place of enjoyment, where the meritorious enjoy the fruits of good karma, but not a place of progress toward bodhisattva perfection. (2) The Dao of Heaven, natural law, cosmic energy; according to the Daoists, the origin and law of all things.

天電


天电

see styles
tiān diàn
    tian1 dian4
t`ien tien
    tien tien
atmospherics; static

天麻

see styles
tiān má
    tian1 ma2
t`ien ma
    tien ma
 tenma
    てんま
Gastrodia elata (botany)
(surname, female given name) Tenma

太虚

see styles
 taikyo
    たいきょ
(1) the sky; the universe; (2) taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)

央中

see styles
yāng zhōng
    yang1 zhong1
yang chung
to ask for mediation; to request sb to act as a go-between

央視


央视

see styles
yāng shì
    yang1 shi4
yang shih
China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhong1 guo2 Zhong1 yang1 Dian4 shi4 tai2]

夯漢


夯汉

see styles
hāng hàn
    hang1 han4
hang han
carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect)

失掉

see styles
shī diào
    shi1 diao4
shih tiao
to lose; to miss

奇點


奇点

see styles
qí diǎn
    qi2 dian3
ch`i tien
    chi tien
(astronomy, math.) singularity; also pr. [ji1dian3]

奠儀


奠仪

see styles
diàn yí
    dian4 yi2
tien i
a gift of money to the family of the deceased

奠基

see styles
diàn jī
    dian4 ji1
tien chi
to lay a foundation

奠定

see styles
diàn dìng
    dian4 ding4
tien ting
to establish; to fix; to settle

奠湯


奠汤

see styles
diàn tāng
    dian4 tang1
tien t`ang
    tien tang
 tentō
offering of boiled water

奠祭

see styles
diàn jì
    dian4 ji4
tien chi
pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice

奠茶

see styles
diàn chá
    dian4 cha2
tien ch`a
    tien cha
 ten cha
To make an offering of tea to a Buddha, a spirit, etc.

奠都

see styles
diàn dū
    dian4 du1
tien tu
 tento
    てんと
to determine the position of the capital; to found a capital
(n,vs,vi) transferring the capital

奠酒

see styles
diàn jiǔ
    dian4 jiu3
tien chiu
a libation

奮迅


奋迅

see styles
fèn xùn
    fen4 xun4
fen hsün
 funjin
    ふんじん
(form) (See 獅子奮迅) rousing oneself fiercely; being intensely stirred up
Speedy, immediate (samādhi), cf. 師.

女娃

see styles
nǚ wá
    nu:3 wa2
nü wa
(dialect) girl

女書


女书

see styles
nǚ shū
    nu:3 shu1
nü shu
 nyosho
    にょしょ
nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族|瑶族[Yao2 zu2] dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县[Jiang1 yong3 xian4] in southern Hunan
Nüshu script; syllabic script derived from Chinese characters

奶娘

see styles
nǎi niáng
    nai3 niang2
nai niang
(dialect) wet nurse

好生

see styles
hǎo shēng
    hao3 sheng1
hao sheng
 yoshimi
    よしみ
(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly
(female given name) Yoshimi
Love of life; love of the living.

好遇

see styles
 kouguu / kogu
    こうぐう
(noun/participle) cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality

如電


如电

see styles
rú diàn
    ru2 dian4
ju tien
 nyoden
    にょでん
(given name) Nyoden
like lightning.

妙典

see styles
miào diǎn
    miao4 dian3
miao tien
 myouden / myoden
    みょうでん
(place-name) Myōden
The classics of the wonderful dharma, i.e. Mahāyāna.

妝點


妆点

see styles
zhuāng diǎn
    zhuang1 dian3
chuang tien
to decorate

妮子

see styles
nī zi
    ni1 zi5
ni tzu
(coll.) lass; (dialect) little girl

妹子

see styles
mèi zi
    mei4 zi5
mei tzu
 maiko
    まいこ
(dialect) younger sister; girl
(female given name) Maiko

妻白

see styles
 tsumajiro
    つまじろ
(kana only) silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

姆媽


姆妈

see styles
m mā
    m1 ma1
m ma
(dialect) mom; mother

始點


始点

see styles
shǐ diǎn
    shi3 dian3
shih tien
starting point; initial point
See: 始点

姥娘

see styles
lǎo niáng
    lao3 niang2
lao niang
maternal grandmother (dialectal)

姥爺


姥爷

see styles
lǎo ye
    lao3 ye5
lao yeh
maternal grandfather (dialectal)

姿図

see styles
 sugatazu
    すがたず
elevation diagram (of a building); profile sketch

娘子

see styles
niáng zǐ
    niang2 zi3
niang tzu
 jouko / joko
    じょうこ
(dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman
(archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (1) (archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (2) (grown) woman; lady; (3) (someone else's) wife; (female given name) Jōko

娭姐

see styles
āi jiě
    ai1 jie3
ai chieh
father's mother; granny (dialect); respectful form of address for older lady

婆姨

see styles
pó yí
    po2 yi2
p`o i
    po i
(dialect) wife; married woman

婆羅


婆罗

see styles
pó luó
    po2 luo2
p`o lo
    po lo
 bara
pāla; keeper, guardian, warden; vihārapāla, warden of a monastery. bala; power, strength, especially the 五力 five powers, pañca bālani, i.e. 五根; also the 十力 daśabala, ten powers. Name of the sister of Ānanda who offered milk to Śākyamuni. bāla; 'young,' 'immature,' 'simpleton, fool,' 'hair' (M.W.); ignorant, unenlightened, see bālapṛthagjana, below.

婚典

see styles
hūn diǎn
    hun1 dian3
hun tien
wedding; marriage celebration

媒人

see styles
méi ren
    mei2 ren5
mei jen
 bainin
    なこうど
go-between; matchmaker
(1) matchmaker; (2) go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor
match-making

媒介

see styles
méi jiè
    mei2 jie4
mei chieh
 baikai
    ばいかい
intermediary; vehicle; vector; medium; media
(noun, transitive verb) (1) mediation; agency; serving as a medium; acting as an intermediary; acting as a go-between; (noun, transitive verb) (2) carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; (3) {phil} mediation (in Hegelianism)
intermediary

媒体

see styles
 baitai
    ばいたい
medium; media

媒界

see styles
méi jiè
    mei2 jie4
mei chieh
media industry

媒體


媒体

see styles
méi tǐ
    mei2 ti3
mei t`i
    mei ti
media, esp. news media
See: 媒体

媳婦


媳妇

see styles
xí fu
    xi2 fu5
hsi fu
(dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman

嫚子

see styles
mān zi
    man1 zi5
man tzu
(dialect) girl

嬎蛋

see styles
fàn dàn
    fan4 dan4
fan tan
(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs

嬤嬤


嬷嬷

see styles
mó mo
    mo2 mo5
mo mo
(dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun

子安

see styles
 shian
    しあん
(1) (abbreviation) safe, easy childbirth; (2) (See 子安観音,子安地蔵) guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara); (surname) Shian

孔徑


孔径

see styles
kǒng jìng
    kong3 jing4
k`ung ching
    kung ching
diameter of hole

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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