真言 zhēnyán

  1. zhēnyán noun true words
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '真言'; Guoyu '真言')
  2. zhēnyán noun an incantation
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '真言'; Guoyu '真言' 2)
  3. zhēnyán noun a dharani; a mantra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhāraṇī, Japanese: shingon, Tibetan: sngags; in a Chinese context a dhāraṇī will be associated with Buddhism of Indian origin. It consists of a series of syllables, often in praise of deities or the Buddha or may not have a known meaning (BL 'mantra', p. 529; FGDB '真言'; Orzech and Sørensen 2011, pp. 78-80; Powell 2007, pp. 265-267).

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