chos rgyal mes dbon mam gsum;three ancestral religious kings;three ancestral religious kings;[[Songtsen Gampo]], Trhisong Detsen and Trhi Relpacen. 47, 510-22, 523, 889 +
dad pa gsum;three faiths;three faiths;trividhā śraddhā;Confidence (''dang-ba''), aspiration ('' 'dod-pa'') and conviction (''yid-ches-pa''). Irreversible faith (''phyir mi-ldog-pa'i dad-pa'') is sometimes added to these as a fourth or as an intensification of the preceding three. 968 +
rtog ge'i tshig don brgyad;eight categories of dialectical sophistry;eight categories of dialectical sophistry;Direct perception (''mngon-sum''), inference (''rjes-dpag''), proof (''sgrub-ngag'') and refutation (''thal-'gyur''), each of which is either valid (''yang-dag'') or invalid ('' ltar-snang''), making eight categories. 101 +
gnam gyi khri bdun;seven heavenly kings called ''thri'';seven heavenly kings called ''thri'';Nyatrhi Tsenpo, Mutrhi Tsenpo, Dingtrhi Tsenpo, Sotrhi Tsenpo, Mertrhi Tsenpo, Daktrhi Tsenpo and Siptrhi Tsenpo. All are said to have been immortal beings who ascended to the heavens on sky-cords having fulfilled the purpose of their reigns. 507, n. 535 +
bdud rtsi lnga;five nectars;five nectars;pañcāmṛta;Semen, blood, urine, excrement and flesh. As it is said in [[Mipham]] Rinpoche, ''spyi-don 'od-gsal snying-po'', (p. 166): “One does not abandon white elixir [semen;''dkar-rtsi''], red elixir [blood;''dmar-rtsi''], great fragrance and meat [urine and faeces;''dri-sha-chen''], or the pure vessel and contents [flesh;''dag-pa'i snod-bcud''].”Also referred to as the FIVE SACRAMENTAL SUBSTANCES. 274, 348, 361 +