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srid pa;Becoming;becoming;bhava;synonym for ''saṃsāra''. The three becomings (or states of existence) are the Desire Realm, Form Realm and Formless Realm. +
bstan 'gyur;Tän-gyur;tän-gyur;often pron. 'Tänjur': 'the Translated Treatises', the collection of Tib. translations of the Indian Buddhist literature other than the actual Buddha-Word — commentaries, treatises, hymns, rituals, dictionaries, medical texts, etc. — amounting to over two hundred volumes, or about twice the length of the Kangyur. +
kla klo;Mleccha;barbarian, one ignorant of Sanskrit. +
chu lha;Varuṇa;Vedic god of the sky, 'the Encompassing', lord of light and darkness, celestial order, morality, and the primordial waters. Later relegated to overlordship of the terrestrial oceans, hence the Tib. translation of his name, 'water-god'. Guardian of the western quarter. +
mu stegs;Tīrthika;an adherent of a non-Buddhist religion, esp, a Hindu, Jain or Lokāyata (Materialist). +
sha za;Piśāca;a class of fierce, malignant, goblin-like demons, belonging to the ''preta'' realm, said to eat human flesh. +
rin po che;Rinpoche,rim-po-ch'é;rinpoche,rim-po-ch'é;'Precious One', Tib, title for someone identified as the rebirth of an earlier distinguished Dharma practitioner. Also called Tülku (''sprul sku''), lit. ''Nirmāṇa-kāya'' but in most cases simply a courtesy title. +
sprul pa'i sku;Nirmāṇa-kāya,nirmāṇakāya;Emanation Body of a Buddha, see p. 273. +
dbyangs can ma;Sarasvatī;Vedic goddess of a now dried-up river, who became patron deity of poetry, music, science and all the creative arts, and in much this form was adopted into the Buddhist pantheon, with Mañjuśrī as Her consort. +
rnam par snang mdzad;Vairocana;'the Sun-like', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Tathāgata Family. +
bsod nams,sometimes dge ba;Merit;merit;puṇya;Field of (Accumulation of) M. (''tshogs zhing'');Merits and Wisdom (''tshogs (gnyis)''): see Accumulations. +
yi dvags;Preta;lit. 'departed', i.e. the spirit of a dead person, one of the six destinies of samsaric beings, often called 'hungry ghosts' because of their main form of suffering. They are of many kinds;those that dwell in our world are normally invisible to humans, but may be seen by animals. +
gsung dbyangs yan lag drug cu;Voice of sixty qualities,of sixty melodious aspects;voice of sixty qualities,of sixty melodious aspects;sixty qualities are ascribed to the Buddha's voice in a Sūtra. +
dgu po rgyud mang;Śūrpa-vīṇā;a kind of ''vīṇā''. +
khro mo'i rgyal po;Krodha-rāja;'wrathful king', a title of fierce deities +
rdo rje'i skyil mo krung,rdo rje skyil krung;Vajra-paryaṅka;the ''vajra'' cross-legged position, like the 'lotus position' of Hindu ''yoga'' but reversed. +
drang srong;Ṛṣi;'seer', inspired Vedic sage, Brahmanical ascetic with magical powers. +
thar pa;Liberation,Freedom;liberation,freedom;mokṣa;release from the bondage of ''saṃsāra'', whether as an ''Arhant'' or as a Buddha, the latter being 'Great L.' +
rdza rnga;Mṛdaṅga;a kind of large drum. +
rig sngags 'chang ba;Vidyā-mantra-dhara;one learned in the profound mantric lore (D). +
