Body Representation

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sku rten - body support, art and iconography, holder or receptacle of person himself, image of deity, image of buddha or of a saint, contraction of sku gsungs thugs rten, sacred books, mchod rten, support of the body [JV]

sku rten - images and sacred objects; image, body representation, statue, image; image; 1) "body support", body representation, statue, idol, image. sm. {sku brnyan}. 2) man possessed of deity [RY]

sku rten pa - lha'i khog rten, chos rje [IW]

sku rten gtsug lag gi khang pa bzhengs - had temples built to uphold representations of the buddhas' form [RY]