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[['bum]] - 1) 100,000; 2) The [[Prajnaparamita]] Sutra in 8,000 Lines, [by the Buddha on the Vulture Peak, in the city of Rajagriha etc. to the sangha of bodhisattvas the profound dharmas of emptiness taught in answer to questions of Shariputra, ''Subhuti'', [[brgya byin]] and so forth,] (see [[The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines (RiBa)]]). The extensive [[Prajnaparamita]] in a hundred thousand verses [IW]
[[vajra]] - [[rdo rje]] [RY]


[[rab 'byor]] - Subhuti [[shA kya thub pa]]'i [[nyan thos nye 'khor bcu]]'i [[gras]] [[stong nyid]] [[ston pa]]'i [[mchog tu gyur pa]]'o,//a prominent disciple of the buddha [IW]
[[rdo rje]] - adamantine, vajra, supreme, indestructible, great tibetan mountain range, 1 of 27 coincidences in astrology, SA [[sbyor ba nyer bdun]], 1 of 28 astrological terms for harmony of influence in the destiny of a person, prince of stones, infallible, indestructible, unchangeable, holy, venerable, indra's thunderbolt, scepter, indestructible reality, indestructible state [JV]


[[rab 'byor]] - Subhuti [IW]
[[rdo rje]] - vajra, thunderbolt, the prince of stones [diamond]. vajra-scepter. 2) indestructible, adamantine; vajra, diamond-like [RY]


[[rab 'byor]] - 1 of buddha's disciples, disciples of buddha who were astute in asking questions, Subhuti [JV]
[[rdo rje]] - Vajra. 'Diamond,' 'king of stones.' As an adjective it means indestructible, invincible, firm etc. The ultimate vajra is [[emptiness]], the conventional vajra is the ritual implement of material substance [RY]


[[rab 'byor]] - Subhuti; disciple of the Buddha, especially in the discourses of [[Prajnaparamita]]. Subhuti, important monk follower of the Buddha; ''[[Subhuti]]'', a prominent disciple of the Buddha [RY]
[[rdo rje]] - vajra; indestructible/ immutable/ adamantine [RB]






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vajra - rdo rje [RY]

rdo rje - adamantine, vajra, supreme, indestructible, great tibetan mountain range, 1 of 27 coincidences in astrology, SA sbyor ba nyer bdun, 1 of 28 astrological terms for harmony of influence in the destiny of a person, prince of stones, infallible, indestructible, unchangeable, holy, venerable, indra's thunderbolt, scepter, indestructible reality, indestructible state [JV]

rdo rje - vajra, thunderbolt, the prince of stones [diamond]. vajra-scepter. 2) indestructible, adamantine; vajra, diamond-like [RY]

rdo rje - Vajra. 'Diamond,' 'king of stones.' As an adjective it means indestructible, invincible, firm etc. The ultimate vajra is emptiness, the conventional vajra is the ritual implement of material substance [RY]

rdo rje - vajra; indestructible/ immutable/ adamantine [RB]