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持 [verify, validate, confirm; judge, decide]

持一切佛法 [maintains all Buddha-teachings]

持世陀羅尼經 [ Dhāraṇī of the World Upholder ]

持以 [with, by means of]

持佛堂 [inner buddha hall]

持句 [phrase that contains the dhāraṇī]

持句神呪經 [Chiju shenzhou jing]

持名 [hold to [the Buddha's] name]

持名聞 [ Yaśodharā ]

持因 [maintaining cause]

持國天 [Dhṛtarāṣṭra ]

持國天王 [Dhṛtarāṣṭra]

持國者 [sovereign]

持地 [Earth Holder]

持地菩薩 [ Earth-holding bodhisattva]

持對治 [the maintaining antidote]

持律 [observe the precepts]

持律第一 [most eminent in terms of observance of the precepts]

持心 [restrains one's mind]

持念 [to keep in mind; maintain mindfulness]

持息念 [inhalation and exhalation of the breath]

持意 [ Viśeṣamati ]

持戒 [observe precepts]

持戒波羅蜜 [perfection of moral discipline]

持戒淸淨 [pure observance of the precepts]

持明 [spell]

持明仙 [sage possessing the dhāraṇī]

持明藏 [canon of dhāraṇīs]

持書 [remembers and writes]

持本 [holding to the fundamentals]

持業釋 [compound words that 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]

持淨 [maintaining 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, by means of]

持用布施 [to offer for charity]

持種 [maintainer of the seeds]

持素 [vegetarian]

持經 [practice of continuous chanting of sūtra text]

持缽 [to take [up] one's [begging] bowl]

持華 [ Mālādhārī ]

持衞 [ To guard and take care of]

持誦 [Upholding or maintaining (in memory) by chanting]

持說 [ to embrace (for oneself) and teach (others)]

持身 [maintaining the body]

持軸山 [Īṣādhara ]

持邊山 [Nemiṃdhara ]

持金剛 [vajra-holder]

持鉢 [carry one's begging bowl]

持隻山 [Yugaṃdhara ]

持齋 [observe the rules of restraint of eating]

Updated: 2007-01-18