陀羅尼

(陀羅尼, 陀罗尼)

(or [lang id =1028]陀羅那); [lang id =1028]陀鄰尼 (sa) dhāraṇī. Able to lay hold of the good so that it cannot be lost, and likewise of the evil so that it cannot arise. Magical formulas, or mystic forms of prayer, or spells of Tantric order, often in Sanskrit, found in China as early as the third century A.D.; they form a potion of the (sa) dhāraṇīpiṭaka; made popular chiefly through the Yogācārya [lang id =1028]瑜伽 or [lang id =1028]密教esoteric school. Four divisions are　given, i.e. [lang id =1028]法陀羅尼, [lang id =1028]義陀羅尼, [lang id =1028]咒陀羅尼 and [lang id =1028]忍陀羅尼; the [lang id =1028]咒, i.e. mantra or spell, is emphasized by the [lang id =1028]真言 Shingon sect. There are numerous treatises, e.g. [lang id =1028]陀羅尼集經; [lang id =1028]瑜伽師地論, attributed to Asaṅga, founder of the Buddhist Yoga school.

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華譯為總持， 即總一切法， 持無量義。 原有四種， 咒陀羅尼， 不過是其中一種， 但通常皆以咒為陀羅尼。