Property:Gloss-term
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rgyal ba;Jina;Literally, "Conqueror." A common epithet for a Buddha. +
rtsa;nāḍī;The channels or pathways in the arcane body generated by a tantric adept. The mind-bearing "winds" (''prāṇa'') are said to course through the ''nāḍī''. +
dpa' mo;mkha' 'gro ma;ḍākinī +
Ye śes mkha' 'gro ma;Jñānaḍākinī;The feminine principle of ultimate insight. Often rendered "wisdom ḍākinī," the term is also a common epithet for Vajrayoginī. +
sprul pa'i sku;Nirmāṇakāya +
rab 'byuṅ;definition=A term referring to the sixty-year cycle of the Tibetan system of dating. The term is also the name of the first year of the cycle. +
bDe-mchog;Cakrasaṃvara;A semiwrathful [heruka] deity of the wisdom, or mother tantra, class of tantric practice. One of the three chief deities meditated upon in association with the Ganden Oral Tradition of Mahāmudrā. +
kLu-sgrub;Nāgārjuna;The renowned Indian Buddhist sage who founded the Madhyamaka school based upon his explication of the doctrine of ''śūnyatā'', especiallyas presented in his work the ''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā''. +
Sog yul;definition=The Tibetan name for Mongolia. +
ri khrod;definition=A mountain retreat site. A hermitage isolated in the mountains. +
dpal;An honorific form meaning "glorious" and "resplendent." +
dByans-can-ma;Sarasvati;The "Goddess of Learning and Eloquence" in both the Hindu and Buddhist pantheons. She appears several times in these namtar and was the special tutelary deity of the First Panchen, Losang Chökyi Gyeltsen. +
dKra-śis-lhun-po;definition=The great Gelukpa monastic institution established in 1447 in Tsang by Gendündrub. +
sPyan-ras-gzigs;Avalokiteśvara +
luṅ;definition=An oral recitation blessing. A reading transmission. Also,instruction. +
mkha' 'gro ma;ḍākinī;Literally, "she who goes in the sky." A wrathful or semiwrathful feminine ''yidam'' symbolizing voidness and insight. She is the tricky and playful inspirer who instigates or occasions consummate insight. +
gnas brtan,dgra bcom pa;arhat;One who has destroyed (''hata'') the three great enemies (''ari'') of greed, hatred, and ignorance. The ideal saint of Theravādin Buddhism. +
bskyed rim;utpatti-krama;The first of the "two stages" associated with the practices of highest yoga tantra. Called the "Generation Stage," it is preliminary and preparatory to the practices taken up during the "Completion Stage." +
