灯 (燈) dēng

1. dēng noun a lamp; a lantern
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Optics
   Notes: For Example, 把灯亮当鬼火 'to take light from a lantern as fire from a demon' (CC-CEDICT '燈'; Guoyu '燈' n 1; Kroll 2015 '燈' 1, p. 80; Suyu. p. 14; Unihan '燈'; XHZD '灯', p. 137)
2. dēng noun a lamp; a lantern
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dīpa, Japanese: tou, or: tei, or: chou, Tibetan: mar me; a metaphor for truth (BCSD '燈', p. 797; Edgerton 1953 'dīpa', p. 265; Kroll 2015 '燈' 1a, p. 80; Mahāvyutpatti 'dīpaḥ'; MW 'dīpa'; SH '燈', p. 448; Unihan '燈')

Contained in

• 东域传灯目录(東域傳燈目錄) Passing the Lamp to the Eastern Regions Catalog
• 善灯(善燈) Good Lamp; Suppatīta; Supradīpa
• 然灯佛(然燈佛) Dipankara Buddha
• 然灯(然燈) Dipankara ; to burn a lamp
• 龙潭吹灯(龍潭吹燈) Longtan blows out a lamp
• 长明灯(長明燈) altar lamp burning day and night ; Eternal Lamp
• 山色随云秀 佛灯共日长(山色隨雲秀 佛燈共日長) Mountain colors change with fleeting clouds; Buddha's light shines along the days.
• 乐观犹如明灯 照亮希望前程 悲观好比毒品 腐蚀健康心灵(樂觀猶如明燈 照亮希望前程 悲觀好比毒品 腐蝕健康心靈) Positivity is like a shining lamp illuminating our future with hope; Negativity is like a drug that eats away our health and senses.
• 犹如灯火炎(猶如燈火炎) like that of the flames of a lamp
• 祈求世界和平万人献灯法会(祈求世界和平萬人獻燈法會) Prayer for World Peace and Light Offering Dharma Function
• 摩灯伽(摩燈伽) untouchable; dalit
• 佛光山春节平安灯会(佛光山春節平安燈會) FGS Festival of Light And Peace
• 般若灯论注(般若燈論註) Prajñā-pradīpa-ṭīkā
• 灯指因缘经(燈指因緣經) Pradīpadānīya; Deng Zhi Yinyuan Jing
• 般若灯根本中论颂(般若燈根本中論頌) Lamp of Discernment: Commentary on the Verses of the Middle Way
• 施灯功德经(施燈功德經) Pradīpadānīya; Shi Deng Gongde Jing
• 东方最胜灯王神咒经(東方最勝燈王神咒經) Agna Pradīpa Dhāranī
• 佛说施灯功德经(佛說施燈功德經) Pradīpadānīya; Fo Shuo Shi Deng Gongde Jing
• 建中靖国续灯录(建中靖國續燈錄) Supplementary Record of Lamp Transmission during the Jianzhong Jingguo Period
• 千年暗室　一灯即明(千年暗室　一燈即明) A Thousand-Year-Long Darkness Is Immediately Dispelled by a Single Lamp

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荧光灯 、 南瓜灯 、 灯塔水母 、 龙灯 、 泵灯 、 挑灯拨火 、 幻灯机 、 吊灯 、 灯泡 、 灯火通明 、 标灯 、 后信号灯 、 灯蛾 、 灯笼裤 、 车头灯 、 油灯 、 挂灯结綵 、 前大灯 、 弧光灯 、 刹车灯 、 挑灯夜战 、 走马灯 、 掌灯 、 闪光灯 、 灯丝 、 灯烛 、 灯会 、 聚光灯 、 顶灯 、 筒灯 、 煤气灯

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 35 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 75
• Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 51
• Scroll 4 Zhu Jing Yao Ji 諸經要集 — count: 48
• Scroll 1 Mahayana Vajra Cudamani Bodhisattva Cultivation (Dasheng Jingang Jizhu Pusa Xiuxing Fen) 大乘金剛髻珠菩薩修行分 — count: 46
• Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 45
• Scroll 1 Buddhanāmasahasrapañcaśatacatustripañcadaśa (Wu Qian Wu Bai Fo Ming Shen Zhou Chu Zhang Mie Zui Jing) 五千五百佛名神呪除障滅罪經 — count: 40
• Scroll 1 Xu Qingliang Chuan 續清涼傳 — count: 39
• Scroll 333 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 37 , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 36
• Scroll 2 Overiew of the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論宗致義記 — count: 34 , has English translation

Collocations

• 千灯 (千燈) 大王若能剜其身肉用作千燈 — Jātaka Stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Ben Xing Jing) 菩薩本行經, Scroll 1 — count: 20
• 燃灯 (燃燈) 冥室燃燈 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 15
• 灯照 (燈照) 如千燈照互增明 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
• 覆灯 (覆燈) 汝可以傘蓋覆燈持出 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 9
• 灯焰 (燈焰) 其燈焰上怗然不動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 5
• 智慧灯 (智慧燈) 能燃智慧燈 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 灯炷 (燈炷) 以為燈炷 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 5
• 灯供养 (燈供養) 十幡燈供養 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 灯三昧 (燈三昧) 有淨燈三昧 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
• 日灯 (日燈) 有日燈三昧 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 8 — count: 4