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持 [to verify]
持一 [grasp to oneness]
持一切佛法 [maintains all Buddha-teachings]
持世陀羅尼經 [Dhāraṇī of the World Upholder]
持以 [with]
持佛堂 [inner buddha hall]
持刀 [to hold a sword]
持力 [support]
持句 [phrase that contains the dhāraṇī]
持句神呪經 [Chiju shenzhou jing]
持名 [to hold to [the Buddha's] name]
持名聞 [Yaśodharā]
持因 [maintaining cause]
持國 [Dhṛta-rāṣṭra]
持國天 [Dhṛtarāṣṭra]
持國天王 [Dhṛtarāṣṭra]
持國者 [sovereign]
持地 [Dharaṇiṃdhara]
持地菩薩 [Earth-holding Bodhisattva]
持大乘 [to uphold the Great Vehicle]
持對治 [the maintaining antidote]
持律 [observe the precepts]
持律第一 [most eminent in terms of observance of the precepts]
持律者 [vinaya holder]
持德 [to be endowed with the best qualities]
持心 [to restrain one's mind]
持念 [to keep in mind]
持息念 [inhalation and exhalation of the breath]
持意 [Viśeṣamati]
持戒 [observe precepts]
持戒比丘 [a monk who is upholding the precepts]
持戒波羅蜜 [perfection of moral discipline]
持戒淸淨 [pure observance of the precepts]
持戒行 [to firmly observe precepts]
持明 [spell]
持明仙 [ṛṣi possessing the dhāraṇī]
持明藏 [canon of dhāraṇīs]
持書 [to remember and write]
持有情 [to support the sentient]
持本 [holding to the fundamentals]
持業釋 [compound words where there is equality of dependence between the terms]
持水 [Jātiṃdhara]
持油鉢 [carrying a bowl of oil]
持法 [cleave to the buddha-dharma]
持法眞陀羅王 [Dharmadhara Kiṃnara-rāja]
持法緊那羅王 [Dharmadhara Kiṃnara-rāja]
持法者 [protector of the dharma]
持法輪 [maintaining wheel of the dharma]
持海輪寶 [ocean-supporting wheel gem(s)]
持淨 [maintainer of purity]
持淨戒 [upholding pure precepts]
持牛戒 [keepers of the ox precepts]
持犯 [keep the precepts and break the precepts]
持瓔珞 [Mālādhāri]
持用 [with]
持用布施 [to offer for charity]
持相 [aspect of maintaining]
持種 [maintainer of the seeds]
持糞掃衣 [wearing only robes made of discarded rags]
持素 [vegetarian]
持經 [practice of continuous chanting of sūtra text]
持缽 [to take [up] one's [begging] bowl]
持者 [holder]
持華 [Mālādhārī]
持衞 [to guard and take care of]
持誦 [to uphold or maintain (in memory) by chanting]
持說 [to embrace (for oneself) and teach (others)]
持論 [one's own views]
持身 [maintaining the body]
持軸山 [Īṣādhara]
持邊山 [Nimiṃdhara]
持金剛 [vajra-holder]
持鉢 [to carry one's almsbowl]
持隻山 [Yugaṃdhara]
持雙山 [Yugaṃdhara]
持齋 [to observe the rules of restraint of eating]
Updated: 2012-05-06