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rdo rje rgyal mtshan;Vajradhvaja;The name of a Bodhisattva mentioned in the Avatamsaka Sutra. See note 28. +
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rgyang 'phan pa;Charvaka;A follower of a nonBuddhist materialist philosophy current in ancient India See note 55 +
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tshad ma;Valid cognition;valid cognition;pramana;An infallible state of consciousness that is able to induce certainty about its object. It can be either conceptual or nonconceptual. +
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bsod nams;Merit;merit;punya;The wholesome forces and tendencies accumulated from virtuous actions of body, speech and mind. +
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rigs pa can;Naiyayika;A follower of a Hindu school of philosophy. See note 52. +
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'od srungs;Kashyapa;An Arhat who was a personal disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni. +
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me tog zla mdzes;Supushpa-chandra;The name of a Bodhisattva whose deeds are recounted in the Samadhiraja Sutra. See note 31. +
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rnal 'byor pa;Yogi;A being who has developed calm abiding and special insight. +
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'khor lo bsgyur pa'i rgyal po;Chakra King;chakra king;A celestial being endowed with tremendous power and wealth. +
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lha mo sgyu ' phrul;Mayadevi;The mother of Buddha Shakyamuni. +
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rgyal ba;Conqueror;conqueror;jina;An epithet for a Buddha, so called because he has overcome the four devils. +
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mya ngan las 'das pa;Nirvana;The state of liberation from the sorrowful condition of cyclic existence. Sometimes this term is used as a synonym for emptiness. See note 39. +
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bden par grub pa;True existence;true existence;satya siddha;The object to be negated in the investigation of emptiness. See notes 34 and 37. +
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'dud;Devil;devil;mara;There are four kinds of devils or demonic forces: death, disturbing conceptions, the aggregates of body and mind, and the evil celestial Devaputra. +
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'phags pa;Arya;lit: 'a superior being', one who has attained a direct perception of Ultimate Truth. +
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phyag na pad mo;Padmapani;lit: 'the lotus holder', another name for Avalokiteshvara. +
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thub pa;Mighty One;mighty one;muni;An epithet for a Buddha, here specifically for Shakyamuni Buddha +
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gzhan rig;Other-cognition;other-cognition;The aspect of mind that only has phenomena other than itself as its objects. +
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bram ze;Brahmin;A person belonging to the highest social caste in India. +
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klu sgrub;Nagarjuna;A Buddhist sage who, with Asanga, helped to revive the Mahayana;noted for his elucidation of the Madhyamaka philosophy of emptiness. +
