A Tibetan-English Dictionary with Sanskrit Synonyms Volume 1

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: …the assemblage,or the church.The term-dge-bdun is composed of two words, dge and bdun; hdu means bdod-pa desire: st’V’0′ WWV dgt-wa-daft iAtr-pt (grub-par hdod-pa? na dge-bditn he is ST Jfl dge-bdun who longs for piety and emancipation: dge-hdiai btsun-pa rnams bsan-du gtcl I beg the venerable body of monks would hear me. In this sentence dge-bdun has the general meaning of an assembly of religions folk. There are in particular two kinds of dge-hdun: V so-sor fkyeQohi dge-hdun the ordinary clergy, and Wfl’Mt’-jfl hphags-pahi dge-hdun the sainted clergy. Four indivi-duals of the former olass collectively, i.e., when they assemble together, form what is called Saygha-ratna dge-hdun dJcon-mrhog. An individual of the latter class. fthe sainted clergy, may singly form the Sangha-ratnr.. The Saygha of the Mahay ana School differed from thai of the Hlnayana School. In the Abhiscmaya of Maitreya, twenty classes of Sangha are enumerated as belonging to the Hlnayana School. The S’ravaka, Pra-tyeka Buddha, Bodhisattva and the Dhar-mapala, who protect Buddhism, are also included in the Sayyha-ratna. ftffiTtf %mi dge-hdun-la rag-lus-pa WfvSfa be-longing or subject to the church; ‘1’ iy dge-hdun-la ruii-wa –w suitable for the use of the clergy. &a$ dge-hdun skycs = ri-co 1. n. of a medicirjd plant; -jqfte.’ gab-miA MiHi) mystic. 2. n. of a lama. flVl’V dge-hdun-gyi dus %rfm belonging to the months following autumn when the lamas perform religious meditations, &e. WJi dge-hdun-gyi tde the olerioal order or class of the clergy. I’Jl’dge-hdun-gyi dbtn hyedpa one who produoes differences or disunion among the clergy; to produce such disunion. ‘ Dge-hdun Rgya-mtstto n. of the Dalai Lama who died in 1S51. S’S…