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• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/ba glang mgo  + (<p>A type of sandalwood that is redd … <p>A type of sandalwood that is reddish in color and has medicinal properties. It is said to have the finest fragrance of all sandalwood. In the Mahāvyutpatti it is translated as {sa mchog}, which means "supreme earth." Later translations translate gośirṣa literally as "ox-head," which is said to refer to the shape or name of the mountain where it grows. Appears to be red sandalwood, though that appears separately in the list of incenses.</p> appears separately in the list of incenses.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/go Sir Sa  + (<p>A type of sandalwood that is redd … <p>A type of sandalwood that is reddish in color and has medicinal properties. It is said to have the finest fragrance of all sandalwood. In the Mahāvyutpatti it is translated as {sa mchog}, which means "supreme earth." Later translations translate gośirṣa literally as "ox-head," which is said to refer to the shape or name of the mountain where it grows. Appears to be red sandalwood, though that appears separately in the list of incenses.</p> appears separately in the list of incenses.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/gsang ba pa  + (<p>A type of semi-divine being frequ … <p>A type of semi-divine being frequently found in the entourage of Kubera, the lord of wealth.</p><p>Attendants of Kubera, the god of wealth, and the guardians of his treasures. They live in the Himalayas at the source of the Ganges on the mountain that has been identified with Kailash.</p>s on the mountain that has been identified with Kailash.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/rig pa 'dzin pa  + (<p>A type of semi-divine being whose … <p>A type of semi-divine being whose identiy has shifted over time and genre. In their most popular form they are spell (vidyā) wielding (dhara) beings capable of granting magical abilities to those they favor. The Buddhist tradition associated them more closely with soteriological aims, identifying them as realized beings who possess (dhara) knowledge or awareness (vidyā).</p>sess (dhara) knowledge or awareness (vidyā).</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/sa nag po  + (<p>A type of soil (?)</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/lta ba drug cu rtsa gnyis  + (<p>A typology of erroneous beliefs about the nature of reality, often grouped into views of eternalism, nihilism, and their combinations.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/kun tu 'tsho ba'i rigs  + (<p>A tīrthika order</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/spyod pa can  + (<p>A tīrthika-style renunciate. See also http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-001-001.html#UT22084-001-001-1896.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/srang  + (<p>A unit of weight equal to 100 pal … <p>A unit of weight equal to 100 palas.</p><p>A unit of weight equal to 12 māṣas.</p><p>A unit of weight equal to four karṣa.</p><p>A weight that in both Indian and Tibetan systems is in the range of 30 to 50 grams. The Tibetan is often translated as an ounce. <br> See also http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-051-004.html#UT22084-051-004-832.</p><p>As a unit of weight, it equals four karṣa; as a unit of capacity, it equals about seven cubic inches, but this may vary from source to source.</p>s a unit of capacity, it equals about seven cubic inches, but this may vary from source to source.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/ma Sha  + (<p>A unit of weight equal to 17 grains troy.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/drug nam  + (<p>A unit of weight equal to 26 grains of rice.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/zho  + (<p>A unit of weight equal to 280 gra … <p>A unit of weight equal to 280 grains troy, or sometimes 176 grains troy.</p><p>A unit of weight equal to 280 grains troy, or, sometimes, 176 grains troy.</p><p>An ancient Indian weight used for gold or silver, which is around 280 grains troy (about 18 grams).</p>or gold or silver, which is around 280 grains troy (about 18 grams).</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/bre  + (<p>A unit of weight equal to thirty-two pala.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/stong gsum gyi stong chen po  + (<p>A universe comprised of a thousan … <p>A universe comprised of a thousand groups of a thousand groups of a thousand worlds, each being a flat disc with its own sun and moon and central mountain.</p><p>The largest universe spoken of in Buddhist cosmology, consisting of one billion smaller world systems.</p>mology, consisting of one billion smaller world systems.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/stong gi 'jig rten gyi khams  + (<p>A universe in Buddhist cosmology consisting of one thousand smaller world systems.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/bde ba thams cad kyis rab tu brgyan pa  + (<p>A universe, or buddhafield, where the bodhisattvas live in a constant state of bliss. The Skt. of the Potala MS has Sarvasukhapratimaṇḍita, that of the excerpt cited in the Śikṣāsamuccaya has Sarvasukhamaṇḍitā.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/yar lung  + (<p>A valley in South Tibet.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/skyes bu chen po'i mtshan nyi shu rtsa brgyad  + (<p>A variation on the more usual set … <p>A variation on the more usual set of 32 such marks; this set is mentioned only in this sūtra and in three others: the Gaṇḍavyūha (ch. 45 of Toh 44), the Tathāgatācintyaguhyanirdeśa (Toh 47), and the longest Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā (Toh 153). None of these texts give a list.</p> (Toh 153). None of these texts give a list.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/sbrul gyi snying po  + (<p>A variety of sandalwood. The name … <p>A variety of sandalwood. The name means "snake essence" because snakes were said to live in the forests of those trees because they were attracted to their scent.</p><p>One kind of Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) said to be "blue" on the inside. The name "essence of snakes" is said to come from snakes being particularly attracted to those trees.</p>from snakes being particularly attracted to those trees.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/phyag rgya chen po  + (<p>A very advanced practice that combines wisdom and means.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/rdo rje lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin  + (<p>A very high level of samādhi obtained during the last stages of the Buddhist path.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/'jig rten gyi khams stong gsum gyi stong chen po  + (<p>A very large universe.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/maha'i NaM  + (<p>A vetāla in one of the variants of the maṇḍala of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/sangs rgyas 'tsho  + (<p>A wealthy householder from Śrāvastī who fathered Saṅgharakṣita.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/zla ba'i gling  + (<p>A well-known site of pilgrimage in Bengal. Candradvīpa was a prosperous kingdom with Buddhist sites, located on what is now the south coast of Bangladesh, centered on the Barisal district.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/thur ma  + (<p>A wood splint four-finger widths tall used as a sundial to mark the time in ordination ceremonies.</p>)

• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/cher 'byung ba  + (<p>A world realm in the distant past.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/gzugs thams cad shin tu ston pa  + (<p>A world realm in the distant past.</p>)

• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/'od zer rtag pa  + (<p>A world system.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/rnam grangs mtha' yas ldan  + (<p>A world system.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/shin tu dri ldan  + (<p>A world system.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/lha sa  + (<p>A xylograph Kangyur printed in 19 … <p>A xylograph Kangyur printed in 1934. Based mainly on the Narthang ({snar thang}) Kangyur but with some texts following the Degé Kangyur, it is among several Kangyurs of "mixed" lineage, including elements from the Thempangma ({them spangs ma}) in addition to the predominating Tshalpa ({tshal pa}) traditions.</p>edominating Tshalpa ({tshal pa}) traditions.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/zhol  + (<p>A xylograph Kangyur printed in 19 … <p>A xylograph Kangyur printed in 1934. Based mainly on the Narthang ({snar thang}) Kangyur but with some texts following the Degé Kangyur, it is among several Kangyurs of "mixed" lineage, including elements from the Thempangma ({them spangs ma}) in addition to the predominating Tshalpa ({tshal pa}) traditions.</p>edominating Tshalpa ({tshal pa}) traditions.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/yang dag  + (<p>A yakṣa in this tantra. Although {yang dag} is normally translated as "Viśuddha," we have rendered it here as "Samprajñāna" since this is the Sanskrit rendering of this particular yakṣa's name in the list of name mantras at 2.14.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/gzugs bzang  + (<p>A yakṣa lord.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/rad rod can  + (<p>A yakṣa lord.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/ba ku la  + (<p>A yakṣa lord.</p><p>Indian tree with a very fine flower.</p><p>Śrāvaka arhat; one of the sixteen sthavira arhats (see "elder").</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/dbang po'i tog  + (<p>A yakṣa lord.</p><p>Name of the twenty-fifth meditative stability.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/shA kya 'phel  + (<p>A yakṣa that was the protective deity for the Śākya clan, which was the Buddha's clan. The Śākyas had a temple devoted to him and he is represented in sculpture as being present at his birth.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/khab spu  + (<p>A yakṣa usually paired with Kharakarṇa.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/'brog gnas  + (<p>A yakṣa.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/bi tsi kuN+Da li  + (<p>A yakṣa.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/nor bzangs  + (<p>A yakṣa.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/rnam thos bu  + (<p>A yakṣa.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/gang ba bzang po  + (<p>A yakṣa.</p><p>God of wealth.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/lngas rtsen  + (<p>A yakṣa.</p><p>Traditionally the head of the yakṣa army serving Vaiśravaṇa, and the consort of Hariti.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/bla ma  + (<p>A young brahmin whose awakening as Śākyamuni was foretold by the Buddha Kāśyapa.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/ma 'gags pa  + (<p>A śrāvaka disciple and cousin of … <p>A śrāvaka disciple and cousin of the Buddha who was famed for his meditative prowess and superknowledges. See also http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-060-005.html#UT22084-060-005-940.</p><p>The Buddha's cousin, and one of his ten principal pupils. Renowned for his clairvoyance.</p>his ten principal pupils. Renowned for his clairvoyance.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/g+huny+dza  + (<p>Abrus precatorius.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/mda' rgyus  + (<p>Abrus precatorius.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/rnam par thar pa gsum  + (<p>Absence of marks, absence of wishes, and emptiness.</p>)
• Steinert App Dictionaries/44-84000Definitions/rnam par thar pa'i sgo gsum  + (<p>Absence of marks, absence of wishes, and emptiness.</p>)