荼

达罗毗荼

dá luó pí tú

Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)

食荼卧棘

shí tú wò jí

to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

如火如荼

rú huǒ rú tú

like wildfire (idiom)

曼荼罗

màn tú luó

(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala

秋荼密网

qiū tú mì wǎng

flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law

荼毒

tú dú

(literary) to cause great suffering

荼毒生灵

tú dú shēng líng

to torment the people (idiom)