Sakya
Basic Meaning
The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre.
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| Key Term | Sakya |
| Topic Variation | Sakya |
| Tibetan | ས་སྐྱ་ ( sa kya) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | sa skya ( sa kya) |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | Sakya |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre. |
| Term Type | School |
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