sa skya

1) white/ light earth; 2) sa skya rdzong (/; 2) Sakya school [IW]

Sakya school [RY]

The seat of the Sakya school (sa skya), founded in 1073 by K�nchok Gyalpo of the Kh�n clan. Its main temple, the impressive Great Emanated Temple (sprul pa'i gtsug lag khang chen mo), was erected in 1268 and is the only building, among over a hundred temples in Sakya's monastic complex, which survived the Cultural Revolution. [MR] [RY]

county in 21th cent Tibet. [RY]

pandita, b.1182, grey earth, a monastery [JV]

1) Sakya. One of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It was established in the eleventh century by Drogmi Lotsawa ('brog mi lo tsa ba), a disciple of the Indian master Virupa. 2) Sakya; The seat of the Sakya school, Sakya was founded by K�nchok Gyalpo of the powerful Kh�n family, in 1073 [RY]