Key Terms/guṇa

गुण

enlightened qualities

ཡོན་ཏན་

yon tan

功德

gōng dé

Sanskrit - Noun

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Basic Meaning

The qualities or attributes of an enlightened being.

In other languages

Tibetan

ཡོན་ཏན་

yon tan

yönten

Sanskrit

गुण

Chinese

功德

gōng dé

Japanese

kudoku

Korean

kongdok

How translators render it

enlightened qualitiesBuddha-nature Standard

enlightened/ positive quality/ propertyRichard Barron

good qualitiesJeffrey Hopkins

enlightened attributeGyurme Dorje

buddha attributeGyurme Dorje

In the dictionaries

Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism

See page 336: In Sanskrit and Päli, lit. “string,” or “strand,” by extension a “quality” or “spiritual virtue.”

Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary

1) attributes, good quality, excellence, taste, effect, virtue, accomplishment. 2) skill, ability. Syn {nus rtsal} 3) medical term. secondary quality, capability, capabilities, talents, attainment, achievement. 4) valuable property. 5) learning, knowledge; education. 6) objects, properties. 7) praise. (positive) quality; qualities, capabilities, talents; knowledge; enlightened attributes. offering, a present, gift, offering, fee, benefit, to repay. positive traits

Tshig mdzod chen mo

1) rig gnas shes pa'i khyad chos/ ... yon tan khyad par can/ ... yon tan gyi nus pa/ ... yon tan slob pa/ ... yon tan sbyong ba/ ... yon tan la mnga' brnyes pa/ ... dran rgya che yang yon tan chung ba/ ... yon tan yod kyang med mdog byed pa/ ... yon tan yod pas ma spyad na/ zhing la so nam ma byas 'dra/ ... 2) (mngon) rdul dang/ mun pa/ snying stobs kyi yon tan gsum yod pas grangs gsum mtshon/ ...

Term type

Noun

Source language

Sanskrit

Topic

enlightened qualities