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地藏
Mandarin · pinyin Dì zàng
Meanings
- Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)
- also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
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4–4 · Di4 zang4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dei6 zong6
Cantonese word readings for 地藏. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (Classical) cellar
verb
- (Classical) to bury (the dead) in the ground
name
- (～菩薩) (Buddhism) Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva
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