迦 jiā

  1. jiā foreign ka
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A character for transliteration of Sanskrit terms (CC-CEDICT '迦'; Guoyu '迦'; Kroll 2015 '迦', p. 192; Mathews 1931 '迦', p. 78; Unihan '迦')
  2. jiā phonetic ka
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ka, Siddham: 𑖎; the first consonant of the Sanskrit alphabet, acting as an interrogative pronoun; a special character in esoteric chanting described in the 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 “Vairocana Sūtra” as symbolizing 業 kārya 'actions' (BCSD '迦', p. 1143; FGDB '迦'; MW 'ka'; SH '迦', p. 315; Wikipedia '悉曇文字'; Giebel 2005, p. 43; T 848, Scroll 2, 18.0010a10)

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迦师 、 迦纳

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