dbang

དབང
1) thob thang, power, force, might, control, potency, influence, authority; 2) (CH) gna' dus go gnas shig; 3) (aabhishinytsa) scatter, pour [having scattered obscurations cleanse the continuum, and into that clean vessel pour the power of wisdom, depending on the cho ga rnam par dag pa. skandhas, dhatus and ayatanas are the special seed of the fruition the four kayas by planting it one's continuum ripens]; 4) empowerment, initiation, abhisheka; 5) senses, faculty, sense [organ], mental faculty, ability, magnetizing, capacity (6) ruler, lord, king, sovereignty (7) [rite of] subjugation/ dominion (8) be subject to/ ruled/ governed by/ under the control of rang dbang,-gzhan dbang [one of the [[phrin las rnam bzhi: the four karmas] magnetizing [IW]

empowerment [RB]

1) thob thang, power, force, might, control, potency, influence, authority, right to; 2) (CH ancient rank/ title; 3) (aabhishinytsa scatter, pour; 4) empowerment, initiation, abhisheka; 5) senses, faculty, sense [organ], mental faculty, ability, magnetizing, capacity; 6) ruler, lord, king, sovereignty; 7) [rite of] subjugation/ dominion; 8) be subject to/ ruled/ governed by/ under the control of; 8) * magnetizing; 9) own [IW]

1) empowerment, [initiation]. 2) power, force, might, control, potency, influence. 3) senses, faculty, sense -, - organ, mental faculty. 4) ability, magnetizing, faculty, capacity. 5) ruler, lord, king. 6) be subject to, governed by, under the control of. rang dbang, gzhan dbang. one of the phrin las rnam bzhi the four activities. 7) rite of subjugation or dominion. sovereignty, subjugation. (after a person's name) mighty; empowerment [as in. scriptural transmission, and directions]; initiation, empowerment, "abhisheka" Skt. empowerment [as in. scriptural transmission, and directions]; empowerment [RY]

Empowerment. The conferring of power or authorization to practice the Vajrayana teachings, the indispensable entrance door to tantric practice [RY]

empowerment; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 32 onwards] [RY]

sensory capacity, consecrations, initiation, empowerment, confirmation (bum, gsang, shes rab ye shes, bzhi pa or tshig), power, ability, capability, position of power, ability, magnetizing, influence, conquering, 1 of 'phrin las bcu, dominion, power, initiation, empowerment, senses [JV]