Glossary
Note: The glossary is organized into sections according to the main language of each entry. The first section contains Tibetan words organized in Tibetan alphabetical order. To jump to the entries that begin with a particular Tibetan root letter, click on that letter below. Columns of information for all entries are listed in this order: THL Extended Wylie transliteration of the term, THL Phonetic rendering of the term, the English translation, the Sanskrit equivalent, the Chinese equivalent, other equivalents such as Mongolian or Latin, associated dates, and the type of term. To view the glossary sorted by any one of these rubrics, click on the corresponding label (such as “Phonetics”) at the top of its column.
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| kaḥthog | Katok | monastery | |||||
| ka dam pa bde gshegs | Kadampa Deshek | 1122-1192 | Person | ||||
| karma pa | Karmapa | Person | |||||
| kar shod | Karshö | place | |||||
| kun dga’ rgyal mtshan | Künga Gyentsen | 1182-1251 | Person | ||||
| kun tu khyab pa’i lha khang | Küntu Khyappé Lhakhang | Complete Illumination Monastery | Yuanzhao si (圓照寺) | monastery | |||
| kun bde tshal | Kündé Tsel | Cloister of Universal Joy | Pule yuan (普樂院) | building | |||
| kun dpag gling | Künpak Ling | Pushou monastery | Pushou si (普壽寺) | monastery | |||
| krong ko’i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang | Trongkö Bö Rikpa Petrünkhang | publisher | |||||
| klong chen pa | Longchenpa | Person | |||||
| klong chen pa dri med ’od zer | Longchenpa Drimé Özer | 1308-1363 | Person | ||||
| dkon mchog phan bde | Könchok Pendé | Person | |||||
| dkyil ’khor | kyinkhor | maṇḍala | Term | ||||
| bka’ ’gyur | Kangyur | Text | |||||
| bka’ brgyud | Kangyü | organization | |||||
| bka’ thang zangs gling ma | Katang Zanglingma | Chronicles of Zanglingma (Life story of Padmasambhava) | Text | ||||
| bka’ shog | kashok | edict | Term | ||||
| sku brnyan sum brgya | Kunyen Sumgya | The Three Hundred Icons | Text | ||||
| sku ’bum par khang | Kumbum Parkhang | publisher | |||||
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| Kha | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| khams | Kham | place | |||||
| khri srong lde btsan | Tri Songdetsen | 742-796 | Person | ||||
| mkhas grub | Khedrup | 1385-1438 | Person | ||||
| mkhas pa’i dga’ ston | Khepé Gatön | A Feast for Scholars | Text | ||||
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| Ga | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| gang pa | Gangpa | author | |||||
| gangs can rig mdzod | Gangchen Rikdzö | series | |||||
| grub chen o rgyan pa’i rnam par thar pa byin brlabs kyi chu rgyun | Drupchen Orgyenpé Nampar Tarpa Jinlapkyi Chugyün | A Stream of Blessings, A Biography/Hagiography of the Mahāsiddha Orgyenpa | Text | ||||
| grub phyogs kun ’dus gling | Drupchok Kündü Ling | Shifang Hall | Shifang Tang (十方堂) | building | |||
| gro tshang rdo rje ’chang | Drotsang Dorjé Chang | Qutan si (瞿曇寺) | monastery | ||||
| grwa sa chen po bzhi dang rgyud pa stod smad chags tshul pad dkar ’phreng bo | Drasa Chenpo Zhi dang Gyüpa Tömé Chaktsül Pekar Trengwo | A Garland of White Lotuses, the Formation of the Four Monastic Colleges and Upper and Lower Tantric Colleges | Text | ||||
| dge tshogs gling | Getsok Ling | Jifu Monastery | Jifu si (集福寺) | monastery | |||
| dge lugs | Geluk | organization | |||||
| dge bshes | geshé | doctor of divinity | Term | ||||
| dge slong | gelong | monk | gelung (mon.) | Term | |||
| mgon po ri | Gönpo Ri | Mahākāla Hill | mountain | ||||
| rgya gar phug | Gyagar Puk | India Cave | Xitian Dong (西天洞) | cave | |||
| rgya bod yig tshang chen mo | Gyabö Yiktsang Chenmo | The Great Tibetan-Chinese Dictionary | Text | ||||
| rgya bod hor sog gi mchog bar pa rnams la ’phrin yig snyan ngag tu bkod pa rab snyan rgyud mang | Gyaböhorsokgi Chok Barpa Namla Trinyik Nyenngaktu Köpa Rapnyen Gyümang | The Collected Correspondence of the Fifth Dalai Lama to Persons in China, Tibet, and Mongolia | Text | ||||
| rgya mtsho ‘dul ba’i gling | Gyatso Dülwé Ling | Taming the Ocean Monastery | Zhenhai si (鎮海寺) | monastery | |||
| rgyal bo kyin kang me kyi | Gyelbo Kyinkang Mekyi | Jingang Miji Wang (金剛密跡王) | buddhist deity | ||||
| rgyal yum sgrub phug | Gyelyum Druppuk | Mother of the Buddha Cave | Fomu Dong (佛母洞) | building | |||
| sga a gnyan dam pa kun dga’ grags | Ga Aknyen Dampa Künga Drak | Danba (膽巴) | 1230-1303 | Person | |||
| sgra gcan ’dzin gyi lha khang | Drachendzingyi Lhakhang | Rāhula Temple | Luohou si (羅睺寺) | monastery | |||
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| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| ngag dbang blo bzang | Ngawang Lozang | Awang Laozang (阿王老藏) | 1601-1687 | Person | |||
| ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho | Ngawang Lozang Gyatso | author | |||||
| ngor mkhan chen sangs rgyas phun tshogs | Ngor Khenchen Sanggyé Püntsok | 1649-1705 | author | ||||
| mnga’ bdag nyang ral nyi ma ’od zer | Ngadak Nyangrel Nyima Özer | Person | |||||
| mngon par gsal ba’i lha khang | Ngönpar Selwé Lhakhang | Clear Understanding Monastery | Xiantong si (顯通寺) | monastery | |||
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| Ca | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| co ne | Choné | Zhuonichanding si (卓尼禅定寺) | monastery | ||||
| lcags zam pa thang stong rgyal po | Chakzampa Tangtong Gyelpo | Iron Bridge Man | 1361?-1485 | Person | |||
| lcang skya hu thog thu | Changja Hutukhtu | Zhangjia Hutuketu (章嘉呼图克图) | Person | ||||
| lcang skya rol pa’i rdo rje | Changja Rölpé Dorjé | Person | |||||
| lcang skya rol pa’i rdo rje’i rnam thar | Changja Rölpé Dorjé Namtar | A Biography/Hagiography of Changja Rölpé Dorjé | Text | ||||
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| Cha | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| cham | cham | dance | Term | ||||
| chu shing | chushing | rattan wood | Term | ||||
| chub mig gsum ’dres gling | Chupmik Sumdré Ling | Sanquan Monastery | Sanquan si (三泉寺) | monastery | |||
| chos kyi dbang phyug | Chökyi Wangchuk | 1212-1270 | Person | ||||
| chos kyi seng ge | Chökyi Senggé | author | |||||
| chos grags rgya mtsho | Chödrak Gyatso | The Seventh Karmapa | 1454-1506 | Person | |||
| chos rgyal ’phags pa | Chögyel Pakpa | Person | |||||
| chos rgyal ’phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan | Chögyel Pakpa Lodrö Gyentsen | 1235-1280 | Person | ||||
| mchod rten | chörten | reliquary | stūpa | Term | |||
| mchod rten gsum pa’i gling | Chörten Sumpé Ling | Santa Monastery | Santa si (三塔寺) | monastery | |||
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| Ja | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| jo khang | Jokhang | Dazhao si (大昭寺) | building | ||||
| ’jam dpal dbyangs | Jampel Yang | Mañjughoṣa | Buddhist deity | ||||
| ’jam dpal dbyangs | Jampel Yang | Bodhisattva of Wisdom | Mañjuśrī | buddhist deity | |||
| ’jam dbyangs mkhyen rtse dbang po | Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo | b. 1819 | Person | ||||
| ’jam dbyangs la ri bo rtse lngar bstod pa nor bu’i phreng ba | Jamyangla Riwo Tsengar Töpa Norbü Trengwa | The Garland of Jewels: Praise to Mañjuśrī at Wutaishan | Text | ||||
| rje btsun dam pa | Jetsün Dampa | Person | |||||
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| Nya | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| nyang ral nyi ma ’od zer | Nyangrel Nyima Özer | 1136-1204 | Person | ||||
| nyang ral nyi ma’od zer | Nyangrel Nyima Özer | 1136-1204 | Person | ||||
| rnying ma | Nyingma | organization | |||||
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| Ta | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| tā khu re | Takhuré | Dakuwei (大窟圍) | Da Khüriye (mon.) | place | |||
| ta la’i bla ma | Talé Lama | Oceanic Guru | Person | ||||
| tu’u bkwan chos kyi nyima | Tukwan Chökyi Nyima | author | |||||
| gter ston | tertön | treasure revealer | Term | ||||
| rta mgrin tshe dbang | Tamdrin Tsewang | author | |||||
| rtag brtan bde chen gling | Takten Dechen Ling | Temple of Longevity and Tranquility | Shouning si (壽寧寺) | monastery | |||
| ltog gi spag ri | Tokgi Pakri | Huanhua Monastery | Huanhua si (幻化寺) | monastery | |||
| bstan ’gyur | Tengyur | “Translated Treatises” (the complete collection of the Buddhist commentarial tradition explaining the Kangyur, the Translated Words of the Buddha) | Text | ||||
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| Tha | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| thang ka | tangka | Term | |||||
| thim phu | Timpu | Publication Place | |||||
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| Da | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| dam pa | Dampa | Person | |||||
| ding ri glang ’khor | Dingri Langkhor | 1097 | monastery | ||||
| deb ther sngon po | Depter Ngönpo | Blue Annals | ca. 1476-1478 | Text | |||
| dol po | Dölpo | place | |||||
| dwangs bsil ri bo rtse lnga’i gnas bshad | Dangsil Riwo Tsengé Neshé | A Pilgrimage Guide to Clear and Cool Five-Peaked Mountain | Text | ||||
| gdong drug snyems pa’i blo gros | Dongdruk Nyempé Lodrö | author | |||||
| bde gshegs bstan pa’i gsal byed chos kyi ’byung gnas | Deshek Tenpé Seljé Chökyi Jungné | History of Buddhism in India and Tibet | 1322 | Text | |||
| mdo smad chos ’byung | Domé Chöjung | History of Amdo | Text | ||||
| rdo sgo glegs | dogo lek | stone door panel | Term | ||||
| rdo rje phug | Dorjé Puk | Vajra Cave | Jingang ku (金剛窟) | monastery | |||
| sde dge | Degé | Dege (德格) | place | ||||
| sde srid sangs rgyas rgya mtsho | Desi Sanggyé Gyatso | 1653-1705 | Person | ||||
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| Na | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| nam mkha’ bkra shis | Namkha Trashi | Person | |||||
| nam mkha’ seng ge | Namkha Senggé | fourteenth c. | Person | ||||
| nas lung pa ngag dbang rdo rje | Nelungpa Ngawang Dorjé | b. seventeenth century | Person | ||||
| nor bzang | Norzang | Maṇibhadra | buddhist deity | ||||
| nor bzang sgrub phug | Norzang Druppuk | Cave of Sudhana | Shancai Dong (善財洞) | building | |||
| rnam par rgyal ma | Nampar Gyelma | A type of ritual speech | dhāraṇī | Term | |||
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| Pa | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| pad ma ’byung gnas | Pema Jungné | Padmasambhava | Person | ||||
| padma bka’ thang | Pema Katang | Chronicles of the Lotus [Born], a biography of Padmasambhava | Text | ||||
| paṇ chen bla ma | Penchen Lama | Person | |||||
| dpal ldan bkra shis | Pelden Trashi | Person | |||||
| dpal ’byor bzang po | Peljor Zangpo | author | |||||
| spar kha brgyad | parkha gyé | eight trigrams | Term | ||||
| spyan ras gzigs kyi phug | Chenrezikkyi Puk | Cave of Avalokiteśvara | Guanyin Dong (观音洞) | building | |||
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| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| pha dam pa | Padampa | Person | |||||
| pha dam pa dang ma cig lab sgron gyi rnam thar | Padampa dang Machik Lapdröngyi Namtar | Biographies of Dampa Sanggyé and Machik Lapdrön | Text | ||||
| pha dam pa sangs rgyas | Padampa Sanggyé | Padangba Sangjie (帕當巴桑结) | d. 1117 | Person | |||
| phag mo gru | Pakmodru | name government | |||||
| phur lcog ngag dbang byams pa | Purchok Ngawang Jampa | Person | |||||
| phrin las rab ’phel | Trinlé Rappel | Person | |||||
| ’phags pa | Pakpa | Person | |||||
| ’phags pa shing kun gyi dkar chag | Pakpa Shingküngyi Karchak | Descriptive Catalog of Svayambhu | Text | ||||
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| Ba | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| bal yul rang byung mchod rten chen po’i lo rgyus | Belyül Rangjung Chörten Chenpö Logyü | History of the Svāyambhū Stupa | Svāyambhūpurāṇa | Text | |||
| bi ji | Biji | Person | |||||
| bu ston chos ’byung | Butön Chöjung | A History of Buddhism according to Butön | Text | ||||
| bu ston chos ’byung gsung rab rin po che’i mdzod | Butön Chöjung Sungrap Rinpoché Dzö | A Treasury of Precious Teachings, a History of Buddhism according to Butön | Text | ||||
| bu ston rin chen grub | Butön Rinchendrup | 1290-1364 | Person | ||||
| bug pa | bukpa | hole | Term | ||||
| baiḍūṛya dkar po | Baidurya Karpo | The White Beryl | Text | ||||
| bog to rgyal po | Bokto Gyelpo | Hongtaiji | Person | ||||
| byang chub sems dpa’i spor | Jangchup Sempé Por | Cloister of the True Contenance | Pusa Ding (菩薩頂) | monastery | |||
| byams dge gling | Jamgé Ling | Kindness and Happiness Monastery | Cifu si (慈福寺) | monastery | |||
| brag khung | Drakkhung | rock cave | place | ||||
| bla brang | Labrang | monastery | |||||
| bla ma | lama | guru | lama (喇嘛) | Term | |||
| blo bzang sman lam | Lozang Menlam | Amo Luosang Manlong (阿摩洛桑曼隆) | Person | ||||
| dbyangs can dga’ ba’i blo gros | Yangchen Gawé Lodrö | author | |||||
| ’bri gung | Drigung | organization | |||||
| sba bzhed | Bazhé | Testament of Ba | Text | ||||
| sba’ bzhed zhabs btags ma | Bazhé Zhaptakma | The Testament of Ba | Text | ||||
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| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| mi bskyod rdo rje | Mikyö Dorjé | The Eighth Karmapa | 1507-1554 | Person | |||
| dmar po ri | Marpo Ri | Red Hill | mountain | ||||
| sman ris | Menri | name generic | |||||
| sme ba dgu | mewa gu | nine magic numbers | Term | ||||
| smon lam rdo rje | Mönlam Dorjé | 1284-1346/7 | Person | ||||
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| Tsa | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| tsi tsu sa ra gtsug lag khang | Tsitsu Sara Tsuklak Khang | Tsitsu Sara Chapel | building | ||||
| tsong kha pa | Tsongkhapa | Zongkapa (宗喀巴) | Person | ||||
| gtsug lag khang | tsuklak khang | chapel | vihāra | Term | |||
| btsan po | tsenpo | Term | |||||
| rtsa ba’i bla ma | tsawé lama | root guru | Term | ||||
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| Tsha | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| tshangs dbyangs rgya mtsho | Tsangyang Gyatso | The Sixth Dalai Lama | 1683-1706/ 1746 | Person | |||
| tshal pa | Tselpa | Person | |||||
| mtshur phu | Tsurpu | monastery | |||||
| mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang | Tsongön Mirik Petrünkhang | publisher | |||||
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| Dza | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| dza sag bla ma | Dzasak Lama | Jasagh Lama | Zhasa (扎萨克) | Zasag/Jasag (mon.) | Person | ||
| dznyā na srī man | Dznyana Srimen | author | |||||
| rdzogs chen | Dzokchen | Doxographical Category | |||||
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| Zha | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| zhi byed | Zhijé | Pacification of Suffering | Doxographical Category | ||||
| zhing mchog ri bo dwangs bsil gyi gnas bshad dad pa’i padmo rgyas byed ngo mtshar nyi ma’i snang ba | Zhingchok Riwo Dangsilgyi Neshé Depé Pemo Gyejé Ngotsar Nyimé Nangwa | A Pilgrimage Guide to the Pure Land of Clear and Cool Mountain (Wutaishan) | Text | ||||
| zhing mchog ri bo dwangs bsil gyi gnas bshad | Zhingchok Riwo dang Silgyi Neshé | Pilgrimage Guide to the Pure Realm of Clear and Cool Mountain | Text | ||||
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| Ya | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| yul bsrung gling | Yülsung Ling | Youguo Moanstery | Youguo si (佑國寺) | monastery | |||
| ye shes tsogyal | Yeshé Tsogyel | Person | |||||
| yongs ’dul gling | Yongdül Ling | Guanghua Monastery | Guanghuahou si (廣化睺寺) | monastery | |||
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| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| rang byung rdo rje | Rangjung Dorjé | 1284-1339 | Person | ||||
| ri bo dwangs bsil | Riwo Dangsil | Clear and Cool Mountain | Qingliang shan (清涼山) | mountain | |||
| ri bo rtse lnga | Riwo Tsenga | Five-Peak Mountain | Wutai shan (五臺山) | mountain | |||
| ri bo rtse lnga’i dkar chag rab gsal me long | Riwo Tsengé Karchak Rapsel Melong | A Clear Mirror, a Catalog of Five-Peak Mountain | Text | ||||
| ri bo rtse lngar mjal skabs kyi gnas bstod mgur | Riwo Tsenga Jelkapkyi Netö Gur | A Praise of Riwo Tsenga: Songs made on the Occasion of Visiting There; Origins of Great Buddhist Festivals Observed There | article | ||||
| rigs med | rikmé | non-sectarian | Term | ||||
| rin chen snying po gzungs | Rinchen Nyingpo Zung | Ratnagarbha-dhāraṇī Sūtra | Text | ||||
| rin chen dpal ldan | Rinchen Penden | Wuzong (武宗) | r. 1506-1521 | Person | |||
| rin po che snying po’i gzungs | Rinpoché Nyingpö Zung | Mañjuśrī-dharma-ratnagarbha-dhāraṇī Sūtra | Baozang tuoluoni jing (宝藏陀罗尼经) | Text | |||
| rol pa’i rdo rje | Rölpé Dorjé | Ruobi Duoji (若必多吉) | Person | ||||
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| La | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| lan jus sde bzhi sogs kyi dkar chag | Lenjü Depzhi Sokkyi Karchak | A Catalog of the Four Monastic Communities of Liangzhou, Gansu | Text | ||||
| las stod | Letö | Liangzhou (涼洲) | place | ||||
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| Sha | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| shākya ye shes | Shakya Yeshé | Shijia Yeshi (釋迦也失) | d. 1435 | Person | |||
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| Sa | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| sa skya paṇḍita | Sakya Pendita | Person | |||||
| sa skya’i gdung rabs | Sakyé Dungrap | Sakya Lineage | Text | ||||
| sa paṇ rtogs brjod bskal bzang legs lam | Sapen Tokjö Kelzang Lekla | Avadana (Biography) of Sakya Pendita | 1519 | Text | |||
| sangs rgyas rabs bdun dgon | Sanggyé Rapdün Gön | Seven Buddha Monastery | Qifo si (七佛寺) | monastery | |||
| si tu paṇ chen | Situ Penchen | Person | |||||
| si tu paṇ chen chos kyi ’byung gnas | Situ Penchen Chökyi Jungné | 1700-1774 | Person | ||||
| se kri ngag dbang bstan dar | Setri Ngawang Tendar | author | |||||
| se ra | Sera | Sela (色拉) | monastery | ||||
| srong btsan sgam po | Songtsen Gampo | ca. 569-649; rl. 617-650 | Person | ||||
| bsam yas | Samyé | monastery | |||||
| bsod nams rgya mtsho | Sönam Gyatso | 1543-1588 | Person | ||||
| bsod nams ’od zer | Sönam Özer | b. 13th c. | Person | ||||
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| Ha | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| lha khang lcags thog can bya ba | Lhakhang Chaktokchen Jawa | Tiewa Temple | Tiewa si (铁瓦寺) | monastery | |||
| lha sa | Lhasa | Lasa (拉薩) | place | ||||
| lhun grub | lhündrup | ordained monk | Term | ||||
| lhun grub bde chen gling | Lhündrup Dechen Ling | Dachongjiao Monastery | Dachongjiao si (大崇教寺) | monastery | |||
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| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| a kyā yongs ’dzin dbyangs can dga’ ba’i blo gros | Aja Yongdzin Yangchen Gawé Lodrö | author | |||||
| a mdo | Amdo | place | |||||
| u rgyan pa | Urgyenpa | Person | |||||
| u rgyan pa rin chen dpal | Urgyanpa Rinchen Pel | 1229/ 1230-1309 | Person | ||||
| o rgyan gling pa | Orgyen Lingpa | b. 1323 | Person | ||||
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| Chinese | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| Aixin Jueluo Xuanye (爱新觉罗玄烨) | author | ||||||
| Ancient Choné Monastery, Amdo | Anduo gucha chanding si (安多古刹禅定寺) | article | |||||
| Anhui Province | Anhui Sheng (安徽省) | place | |||||
| Anige (阿尼哥) | 1244-1278/ 1306 | Person | |||||
| Awang Qingba (阿旺庆巴) | Person | ||||||
| Awang Sangbu (阿旺桑布) | Person | ||||||
| Awang Yixi (阿旺益西) | Person | ||||||
| Bai Lina (白丽娜) | author | ||||||
| Bai Fusheng (白福生) | author | ||||||
| Great White Stūpa | Baita si (白塔寺) | building | |||||
| seven jewels of the monarch | baoqi (寶七) | Term | |||||
| Baoxiang Monastery | Baoxiang si (寶相寺) | monastery | |||||
| Sutra of Precious Rain | Baoyu jing (寶雨經) | Text | |||||
| Ratnagarbha-dhāraṇī sūtra | Baozang tuoluoni jing (寶藏陀羅尼經) | Text | |||||
| Pakpa and Mt. Wutai | Basiba yu Wutai shan (八思巴与五台山) | article | |||||
| Beihai Park | Beihai Gongyuan (北海公园) | building | |||||
| Capital of Yuan Dynasty | Beijing (北京) | place | |||||
| Cai Hong (彩虹) | author | ||||||
| Cangsang (沧桑) | journal | ||||||
| Cao (曹) | Person | ||||||
| Chen Qingying (陈庆英) | author | ||||||
| Chengdu (成都) | Publication Place | ||||||
| Chenlai Da’erlai (陈赖达尔来) | Person | ||||||
| Chongguo Monastery | Chongguo si (崇國寺) | monastery | |||||
| Chongshi shu yuan (崇實書院) | publisher | ||||||
| Chun Rong (春荣) | author | ||||||
| Cifu Monastery | Cifu si (慈福寺) | article | |||||
| Kindness Cloud Temple | Ciyun si (慈雲寺) | monastery | |||||
| Cui Wenkui (崔文魁) | author | ||||||
| Cui Yuqin (崔玉卿) | author | ||||||
| Cui Zhengsen (崔正森) | author | ||||||
| inch | cun (寸) | Term | |||||
| Da Lama | Da Lama (大喇嘛) | Term | |||||
| The Stupa of the Imperial Preceptor of the Yuan Dynasty, Pakpa | Da Yuan dai dishi basiba yiguan ta (大元帝师八思巴衣冠塔) | article | |||||
| Dadu (大都) | place | ||||||
| Dakuwei (大窟圍) | Term | ||||||
| Dansheng Jiacuo (丹生嘉错) | Person | ||||||
| field of activity | maṇḍa | daochang (道場) | Term | ||||
| Travels to Western Lands | Datang xiyu ji (大唐西域記) | Text | |||||
| Dayuanzhao Temple | Dayuanzhao si (大圆照寺) | monastery | |||||
| Great Kingdom of China | dazhenna (大震那) | Term | |||||
| Imperial Preceptor | dishi (帝師) | Person | |||||
| Dong Da tushu gongsi (東大圖書公司) | publisher | ||||||
| East Asian Sino-Tibetan Buddhist History Research | Dong Ya Han Zang fojiao yanjiu (東亞漢藏佛教研究) | Text | |||||
| Du Doucheng (杜斗城) | author | ||||||
| Dunhuang (敦煌) | place | ||||||
| Textual Evidence on Mt. Wutai from Dunhuang | Dunhuang Wutai shan wenxian (敦煌五台山文献) | Text | |||||
| Emei Mountain | Emei shan (峨眉山) | mountain | |||||
| Buddha Light Monastery | Foguang si (佛光寺) | monastery | |||||
| Fojiao wen shi (佛教文史) | journal | ||||||
| Buddha Mother Cave | Fomu Dong (佛母洞) | article | |||||
| Buddhapālita | Fotuo Poli (佛陀波利) | Person | |||||
| Buddha Footprint Stele | Fozu Bei (佛足碑) | building | |||||
| A Comprehensive Registry of the Successive Ages of the Buddhist Patriarchs | Fozu lidai tongzai (佛祖历代通載) | before 1340 | Text | ||||
| Gailichen Pianer (改利陈片尔) | Person | ||||||
| Gansu Province | Gansu (甘肃) | place | |||||
| Gansu minzu chubanshe (甘肅民族出版社) | publisher | ||||||
| Gao Chengwen | author | ||||||
| Gao Lintao (郜林涛) | author | ||||||
| Geshou Quebei (格兽缺培) | Person | ||||||
| Guayue Peak | Guayue feng (挂月峰) | mountain | |||||
| Gugong bowuyuan yuankan (故宫博物院院刊) | journal | ||||||
| Guo Chengwen (郭成文) | author | ||||||
| Hebei (河北) | Publication Place | ||||||
| Hebei jiaoyu chubanshe (河北教育出版社) | publisher | ||||||
| Helan Mountains | Helan shan (賀蘭山) | mountain | |||||
| Henan Province | Henan (河南) | place | |||||
| Hexi (河西) | place | ||||||
| Hongwu (洪武) | Person | ||||||
| Hou Huiming (侯会明) | author | ||||||
| Houzhao si (后召寺) | monastery | ||||||
| yellow temple | huangmiao (黄庙) | Term | |||||
| The Gelukpa at Mt. Wutai | Huangjiao zai Wutai shan de chuanbo (黄教在五台山的传播) | article | |||||
| Protection of the Nation Monastery | Huguo si (護國寺) | monastery | |||||
| Jia (賈) | Person | ||||||
| Jiachan Sangbu (加禅桑布) | Person | ||||||
| A Brief Discussion of the Status of Tibetan Buddhism at Wutai Shan | Jianlun Wutai shan zangchuan fojiao de diwei (简论五台山藏传佛教的地位) | article | |||||
| Jie Lüe (节略) | author | ||||||
| one thousand | jin (斤) | Term | |||||
| Jin Dynasty | Jin (金) | dynasty | |||||
| Gold Lamp Temple | Jindeng si (金灯寺) | monastery | |||||
| The Vajra Cave | Jingang ku (金刚窟) | Text | |||||
| Jingsu Guangling guji keyin she (江苏广陵古迹刻印社) | publisher | ||||||
| Golden Wheel Cakravartin August Divine Emperor | Jinlun shengshen huangdi (金輪生身皇帝) | Person | |||||
| Old Tang Dynasty History | Jiu Tangshu (舊唐書) | Text | |||||
| Jiuhua Mountain | Jiuhua shan (九華山) | mountain | |||||
| Juyong Stūpa Gate | Juyong Guan (居庸关) | building | |||||
| Kangxi (康熙) | 1662-1723 | Person | |||||
| silk appliqué | kesi (缂丝) | Term | |||||
| Lama Nima (喇嘛尼嘛) | Person | ||||||
| Collection of Images of Tibetan Buddhist Deities | Lamajiao Shengxiangji (喇嘛教聖像集) | Text | |||||
| Lanzhou (蘭州) | Publication Place | ||||||
| Laozang Danba (老藏丹巴) | Person | ||||||
| Laozang Danbei (老藏丹贝) | Person | ||||||
| Laozang Queta (老藏缺塔) | Person | ||||||
| Li Jicheng (李冀诚) | author | ||||||
| Li Shiming (李史明) | author | ||||||
| Liao Dynasty | Liao Chao (遼朝) | 907-1125 | dynasty | ||||
| The Code for Tributary Territories | Lifanyuan zili (立法院资历) | Text | |||||
| Liu Yao (刘耀) | editor | ||||||
| Luosang Danpian (罗桑旦片) | Person | ||||||
| A Brief Study of the Spread of Tibetan Buddhism on Wutai shan during the Yuan Dynasty | Lüe lun yuandai zangchuan fojiao zai Wutai shan de chuanbo | article | |||||
| Lüe lun zangchuan fojiao shi shang de nü Mizongshi Maji Lazhen yi qi Neng Duanpai | article | ||||||
| A Discussion of Rol pa’i rdo rje’s Contribution to the Exchange of Tibetan and Chinese Culture | Lun Zhangjia Ruobiduo Ji dui Zang Han wenhua jiaoliu de gongxian | article | |||||
| A Brief History of Louhou Monastery | Luohou si fojiao shilüe (羅睺寺佛教史略) | article | |||||
| Luohou Monastery and Shifang Hall | Luohou si yu Shifang Tang (罗睺寺与十方堂) | article | |||||
| Luosang Basang (罗桑巴桑) | Person | ||||||
| Luosang Danzhu (洛桑丹珠) | author | ||||||
| Ma Lianlong (馬連龍) | author | ||||||
| Manju | Manzu (满族) | ethinicity | |||||
| Mongolian Chaotai and Sino-Mongolian Communication | Mengguren ‘chaotai’ yu menghan goutong (蒙古人“朝台”与蒙汉沟通) | article | |||||
| The Mongolian People’s Passion for Wutai Shan | Mengzu renmin de Wutai shan qing (蒙族人民的五台山情) | article | |||||
| Ming dynasty | Ming chao (明朝) | 1368-1644 | dynasty | ||||
| the ren wu year [tenth year] of the Wanli era | Ming Wanli ren wu qiu (明万历壬午秋) | Term | |||||
| Minzhou | Minzhou (岷州) | place | |||||
| Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社) | publisher | ||||||
| Southern Song | Nan Song (南宋) | 1127-1279 | dynasty | ||||
| Nange Temple | Nange Miao (南閣庙) | building | |||||
| Southern Mountain Temple | Nanshan si (南山寺) | monastery | |||||
| Neimenggu shehui kexue (hanwen ban) (内蒙古社会科学(汉文版)) | journal | ||||||
| Chinese New Year Woodblock print | nianhua (年畫) | Term | |||||
| Popa Ciren (婆帕次仁) | author | ||||||
| Pu’an Monastery | Pu’an si (普庵寺/普安寺) | monastery | |||||
| Pu’en Temple | Pu’en si (普恩寺) | monastery | |||||
| Puli Platform | Puli Tai (菩利台) | mountain | |||||
| Pusading’s Buddhist History | Pusading de fojiao lishi (菩萨顶的佛教历史) | article | |||||
| Putuo Mountain | Putuo shan (普陀山) | mountain | |||||
| A Superficial Analysis of the Characteristics of Tibetan Buddhism at Wutai Shan | Qianxi Wutai shan zangchuan fojiao zhi tezheng (浅析五台山藏传佛教之特征) | article | |||||
| Qianlong (乾隆) | 1711-1799 | Person | |||||
| Kitans | Qidan (契丹) | ethnicity | |||||
| Qing dynasty | Qing chao (清朝) | 1644-1911 | dynasty | ||||
| Chinese temple | Qingmiao (青庙) | Term | |||||
| Qing Taizi | r. 1616-1626 | Person | |||||
| Qinghai Province | Qinghai (青海) | place | |||||
| The Old Man of Qinglian [Mountain,] Awang Laozang | Qingliang laoren Awang Laozang ta ming (清凉老人阿王老藏塔铭) | article | |||||
| Record of Clear and Cool Mountain | Qingliang shan zhi (清凉山志) | Text | |||||
| Clear and Cool Monastery | Qingliang si (清涼寺) | monastery | |||||
| Qinglong Mountain | Qinglong shan (青龍山) | mountain | |||||
| Quepei Daji (缺培达计) | Person | ||||||
| Renmin chubanshe (人民出版社) | publisher | ||||||
| as you wish | ruyi (如意) | Term | |||||
| A Summary of the Third Changja State Preceptor’s Residency on Wutai Shan | Sanshe Jiangjia guoshi zhu xi Wutai shan shilüe (三世章嘉国师驻锡五台山事略) | article | |||||
| Shanfu si (善福寺) | monastery | ||||||
| Shanxi Province | Shanxi Sheng (山西省) | place | |||||
| Shaoba Chunzhu (少巴春柱) | Person | ||||||
| Shaolin Temple | Shaolin si (少林寺) | monastery | |||||
| A Chinese Translation of Rolpé Dorjé’s Guide to Wutai Shan | Shengdi Qingliang shan zhi (圣地清凉山志) | article | |||||
| Shi Beiyue (释悲月) | author | ||||||
| On Wutai Shan Tibetan Buddhism and Sorcerer’s Dancer | Shitan Wutai shan zangchuan fojiao yu jingangshenwu | article | |||||
| Shibeiyue (释悲月) | Person | ||||||
| Shifang Hall | Shifang Tang (十方堂) | article | |||||
| Stone Stupa Temple | Shita si (石塔寺) | monastery | |||||
| Water Moon Guanyin | Shuiyue Guanyin (水月观音) | buddhist deity | |||||
| Shuxiang Monastery | Shuxiang si (殊像寺) | monastery | |||||
| Brief Introduction to Buddhism at Shuxiang Monastery | Shuxiang si fojiao jianshi (殊像寺佛教简史) | article | |||||
| four great Buddhist mountains of China | si da ming shan (四大名山) | place | |||||
| Sichuan minzu chubanshe (四川民族出版社) | publisher | ||||||
| Sichuan Province | Sichuan Sheng (四川省) | place | |||||
| Song Dynasty | Song Chao (宋朝) | 960-1279 | dynasty | ||||
| Song Wenhui (宋文辉) | author | ||||||
| Suo Nancao (索南草) | author | ||||||
| Taibei (台北) | Publication Place | ||||||
| Tailu Monastery | Tailu si (臺麓寺) | monastery | |||||
| Taiyuan (太原) | Publication Place | ||||||
| Tang Dynasty | Tang Chao (唐朝) | 618-906 | dynasty | ||||
| Stupa Grove Monastery | Tayuan si (塔院寺) | monastery | |||||
| Tian Pi (田丕) | editor | ||||||
| Tianshun (天顺) | 1457-1464 | Person | |||||
| An Overview of Tibetan Buddhist Temples of Tianzhu (Gansu) | Tianzhu zangchuan fojiao si yuan gai kung | Text | |||||
| Tianzhu Zangzu Zizhixian wei yuan hui | organization | ||||||
| Tuanjie chubanshe | publisher | ||||||
| Wa Ma (万玛) | author | ||||||
| Wang Bin (王斌) | author | ||||||
| Wang Bin | author | ||||||
| Wang Hongli (王宏利) | author | ||||||
| Wang Jianmin (汪建民) | author | ||||||
| Wang Jiapeng (王家鹏) | author | ||||||
| Wang Junzhong (王俊中) | author | ||||||
| Wang Lu (王璐) | author | ||||||
| Wang Xiangyun (王湘云) | author | ||||||
| Wang Xuefeng (王学峰) | author | ||||||
| Wanghai Temple | Wanghai si (望海寺) | monastery | |||||
| Wanli (万历) | Person | ||||||
| Wanshengyouguo Temple | Wansheng youguo si (万圣佑国寺) | monastery | |||||
| Wei Guozuo (魏国祚) | author | ||||||
| Wen Junyu (温金玉) | author | ||||||
| Spring Water Temple | Wenquan si (温泉寺) | monastery | |||||
| Wenshu Monastery | Wenshu si (文殊寺) | monastery | |||||
| Wente Monastery | Wente si (文特寺) | monastery | |||||
| Crouching Dragon Temple | Wolong si (卧龍寺) | monastery | |||||
| empress of China | Wu zetian (武則天) | 624-705 | Person | ||||
| History of Buddhism at Mt. Wutai | Wutai shan fojiao shi (五台山佛教史) | Text | |||||
| Buddhist Monastery Rites and Vajra Dance at Mt. Wutai | Wutai shan jingang wu ji lamam miao daochang (五台山金刚舞及喇嘛庙道場) | article | |||||
| Wutai Shan Travel Dictionary | Wutai shan lüyou cidian (五台山旅游辞典) | Text | |||||
| Wutai shan yanjiu (五台山研究) | journal | ||||||
| The Cultural Exchange between Wutai Shan and Nepalese Buddhism | Wutai shan yu Niboer fojiao wenhua jiaoliu (五台山与尼泊尔佛教文化交流) | article | |||||
| Mt. Wutai and Its Map | Wutai shan yu Wutai shan tu (五台山与五台山图) | article | |||||
| Wutai Shan and the Journey to the West | Wutai shan yu ‘xiyouji’ (五台山与《西游记》) | article | |||||
| Mt. Wutai and Tibet | Wutai shan yu Xizang (五台山与西藏) | article | |||||
| Wutai shan and Tibetan Buddhism | Wutai shan yu zangchuan fojiao (五台山与藏传佛教) | Text | |||||
| Wutai shan’s Tibetan Buddhism and Ethnicities Join Forces | Wutai shan zangchuan fojiao yu min zu tuan jie (五台山藏传佛教与民族团结) | article | |||||
| The Stupas of Wutai shan | Wutai shan zhi ta (五台山之塔) | article | |||||
| New Wutai Gazetteer | Wutai xinzhi (五臺新志) | Text | |||||
| Xiaba Quebei (降巴缺培) | Person | ||||||
| Xi’an Province | Xi’an (西安) | place | |||||
| Xiantong Monastery’s Copper Stupas | Xiantong si tongta (顯通寺銅塔) | article | |||||
| Xiao Yu (萧宇) | author | ||||||
| Xiao Yu (肖雨) | author | ||||||
| Seven Buddhas Monastery at Wutai Shan | Xiaoji Wutai shan Qifo si (小记五台山七佛寺) | article | |||||
| Xibei Daxue (西北大学) | publisher | ||||||
| Xie Jisheng (謝繼勝) | editor | ||||||
| Xining | Xining (西寧) | Publication Place | |||||
| Xiong Wenbin (熊文彬) | author | ||||||
| West Shouning Temple | Xishouning si (西寿宁寺) | monastery | |||||
| Western Xia | Xixia (西夏) | dynasty | |||||
| Record of Travels to Western Lands | Xiyu ji (西域記) | Text | |||||
| Xizang minsu (西藏民俗) | journal | ||||||
| Xizang yanjiu (西藏研究) | journal | ||||||
| Xuande (宣德) | r. 1426-1435 | Person | |||||
| Xuanzang (玄奘) | ca. 600-664 | Person | |||||
| Yan Tianling (阎天灵) | author | ||||||
| Yangzhou (扬州) | Publication Place | ||||||
| Yingzong (英宗) | 1427-1464 | Person | |||||
| Yizhou shifan xueyuan xuebao (忻州师范学院学报) | journal | ||||||
| Yizhou Shifan Xueyuan xuebao (忻州师范学院学报) | journal | ||||||
| Yonghe Palace | Yonghe Gong (雍和宫) | monastery | |||||
| Yongle (永樂) | r.1403-1424 | Person | |||||
| Yongquan Monastery | Yongquan si (湧泉寺) | monastery | |||||
| Yongzheng (雍正) | 1678-1735, r.1722-1735 | Person | |||||
| Yuan Dynasty | Yuan Chao (元朝) | 1279-1368 | dynasty | ||||
| Yuan Dynasty Tibetan-Chinese Artistic Exchange | Yuandai Zang Han yishu jiaoliu (元代藏传艺术交流) | Text | |||||
| A Study of the Famous Yuan Dynasty Tibetan Monk the State Preceptor Dampa | Yuandai Zangzu ming seng Danba Guoshi kao (元代藏族名僧胆巴国师考) | article | |||||
| History of Yuan | Yuanshi (元史) | Text | |||||
| Yuanzhao Monastery Buddhist History | Yuanzhao si fojiao jianshi (园照寺佛教简史) | article | |||||
| Yuhua Pond | Yuhua Chi (玉花池) | lake | |||||
| esoteric Buddhism | Yujia mifa (瑜伽密法) | Doxographical Category | |||||
| Yunai Temple | Yunai An (魚耐庵) | building | |||||
| Yuzeng Shucuo (预增竖错) | Person | ||||||
| The Shape of Tibetan Buddhist Stupas and their Characteristics | Zangchuan fo ta de xingzhi ji qi tedian (藏传佛塔的形制及其特点) | article | |||||
| Tibetan Buddhism and Mt. Wutai | Zangchuan fojiao yu Wutai shan (藏传佛教与五台山) | article | |||||
| The Development and Influence of Tibetan Buddhism at Wutai Shan | Zangchuan fojiao zai Wutai shan de fazhan ji yingxiang | Text | |||||
| Changja Hutukhtu and the Buddhism of Wutai Shan | Zhangjia Hutu yu Wutai shan fojiao (章嘉呼图克图与五台山佛教) | article | |||||
| A Brief Study of an Image of Changja Hutukhtu | Zhangjia Hutuketu xiang xiao kao (章嘉呼图克图像小考) | article | |||||
| Zhangmu Yang (章木样) | Person | ||||||
| Zhangmu Yangdanzeng (章木样丹增) | Person | ||||||
| Zhangyang Mola (章样摩拉) | Person | ||||||
| Zhao Gaiopin (赵改萍) | author | ||||||
| Zhao Gaipin (赵改萍) | author | ||||||
| Zhao Gaiping (赵改萍) | author | ||||||
| Zhao Hong (赵红) | author | ||||||
| Zhao Peicheng (赵培成) | author | ||||||
| Zhaya (扎亚) | Person | ||||||
| Zhejiang Province | Zhejiang (浙江省) | place | |||||
| Zhencheng (镇澄) | 1546-1617 | author | |||||
| Zheng Lin (郑林) | author | ||||||
| Zhengde (正德) | Person | ||||||
| Zhengtong (正统) | 1436-1449 | Person | |||||
| Zhenhai Monastery Stele Text | Zhenhai si beiwen (镇海寺碑文) | article | |||||
| The Architecture and Clay Sculptures in Zhenhai Monastery | Zhenhai si de jianzhu yu caisu yishu (镇海寺的建筑与彩塑艺术) | article | |||||
| A Brief Study of Zhenhai Monastery’s Changja Rolpé Dorjé Reliquary Stupa | Zhenhai si Zhangjia Ruobi Duoji lingta kaolüe (镇海寺章嘉·若必多吉灵塔考略) | article | |||||
| Zhenrong Yuan (真容院) | monastery | ||||||
| Zhongguo ren min zheng zhi xie shang hui yi | organization | ||||||
| Zhongguo zangxue (中国藏学) | journal | ||||||
| Zhongguo Zangxue Zhongxin (中國藏學中心) | publisher | ||||||
| Zhonghua Foxue xuebao (中華佛學學報) | journal | ||||||
| Zhongyang minzu daxue (中央民族大学) | publisher | ||||||
| Zhou Shengwen (周生文) | author | ||||||
| Zhou Zhuying (周祝英) | author | ||||||
| Zhu Ying (竺颖) | author | ||||||
| Guide to the Sacred Images of All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas | Zhufo Pusa Shengxiangzan (諸佛菩薩聖像贊) | Text | |||||
| zi zai (自在) | Term | ||||||
| zi zu (自足) | Term | ||||||
| Forbidden City | Zijing Cheng (紫禁城) | building | |||||
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| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| Akāśagarbha | buddhist deity | ||||||
| Eastern Buddha | Akśobhya | buddhist deity | |||||
| Western Buddha | Amitābha | buddhist deity | |||||
| Amitābha Buddha | buddhist deity | ||||||
| Northern Buddha | Amoghasiddhi | buddhist deity | |||||
| Amoghavajra | Bukong Jingang (不空金剛) | 705-774 | Person | ||||
| Ānanda | Person | ||||||
| arapachana | Term | ||||||
| Āryadeva | Person | ||||||
| Asaṅga | Person | ||||||
| Aśoka | Person | ||||||
| Bodhisattva of Compassion | Avalokiteśvara | buddhist deity | |||||
| Flower Garland Sutra | Avataṃsaka Sūtra | Huayan jing (華嚴經) | Text | ||||
| Bhagavat | Buddhist deity | ||||||
| Bhelakīrti | Person | ||||||
| Chariot Ritual | Bhīmarata | ritual | |||||
| Bodhidarma | Person | ||||||
| Bodhimanda | place | ||||||
| Buddha Akśobhya | buddhist deity | ||||||
| Buddhajñānapāda | active eighth century | Person | |||||
| funerary mound | caitya | Term | |||||
| wheel | cakra | Term | |||||
| the thousand-spoke wheel sign, the second of the thirty-two marks (lakṣaṇa) of a great personage or perfected being | cakra-caraṇatā | Term | |||||
| Buddhist ruler | cakravartin | Term | |||||
| sword | candrahas | Term | |||||
| Buddhist Law | dharma | Term | |||||
| Jānasattva | Person | ||||||
| Jñāna | Person | ||||||
| Jñāna-dakini | Buddhist deity | ||||||
| White Manjusri | Jñānasattva | buddhist deity | |||||
| Kasiah | place | ||||||
| Kuśinagara | place | ||||||
| Magadha | place | ||||||
| Mahākāla | Da Heitian (大黑天) | buddhist deity | |||||
| great being | mahātma | Term | |||||
| Future Buddha | Maitreya | buddhist deity | |||||
| Mañjuśrī Stūpa | Mañju-caitya | building | |||||
| Four-armed Mañjuśrī | Mañjughoṣa Tikṣṇa | buddhist deity | |||||
| Mañjuśrī Dharmadhātu | Term | ||||||
| Litany of the Names of Mañjuśrī | Mañjuśrī Nāmasaṃgīti | Text | |||||
| Manjusri wielding a sword | Mañjuśrī Nātha | buddhist deity | |||||
| Manjusri Precious Treasury of the Law Dhāraṇī Sūtra | Mañjuśrī-dharma-ratnagarbha-dhāraṇī Sūtra | Wenshu shili fa Baozang tuoluoni jing (文殊師利法寶藏陀羅尼經) | Text | ||||
| The Glorious One with a Melodious Voice | Mañjuśrī-gosha | Buddhist deity | |||||
| The great cakravartin-chief (the divinely anointed ruler) | Mañjuśrīmulakalpa | Term | |||||
| serpent spirit | Nāga | Buddhist deity | |||||
| Nāgārjuna | Person | ||||||
| Pala | dynasty | ||||||
| Pāṭaliputra | place | ||||||
| Patna | place | ||||||
| Book of Transcendental Wisdom | Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra | Text | |||||
| Ratnagarbha Dhāraṇī Sutra | Text | ||||||
| Southern Buddha | Ratnasaṁbhava | buddhist deity | |||||
| Samantabhadra | buddhist deity | ||||||
| saṃsāra | Term | ||||||
| sarasvatī | Term | ||||||
| Spiritual Attainment | siddhi | Term | |||||
| Śrī siṃha | Person | ||||||
| Amitabha’s Western Paradise | Sukhāvatī | place | |||||
| sūtra | Term | ||||||
| Svāyambhū | building | ||||||
| tantra | Term | ||||||
| Tathāgata | Buddhist deity | ||||||
| Tathāgata Śākyamuni | Buddhist deity | ||||||
| Ṭīkṣṇa- Mañjuśrī | buddhist deity | ||||||
| Manjusri seated on a lion | Vādisiṁha | buddhist deity | |||||
| Central Buddha | Vairocana | buddhist deity | |||||
| Vajrabhairava | Daweide Jingang (大威德金刚) | buddhist deity | |||||
| Bearer of the Vajra | Vajrapaṇī | buddhist deity | |||||
| Bodhgaya, India | Vajrāsana | place | |||||
| Vasubandhu | Person | ||||||
| Manjusri | Vimala | buddhist deity | |||||
| Vimalamitra | Person | ||||||
| Vipashwi Buddha | buddhist deity | ||||||
| Udyana | place | ||||||
| “blue lily” (sometimes called “blue lotus”) | utpala | Term | |||||
| Yama | Buddhist deity | ||||||
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| Other | |||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Date | Type |
| Altan Khan (mon.) | 1507-1582 | Person | |||||
| Amurbayas Qulangtu (mon.) | monastery | ||||||
| monastic community | ayimag (mon.) | Term | |||||
| Bogda Gegen (mon.) | Person | ||||||
| Burqan Khan (mon.) | Term | ||||||
| White History | Chaghan Teüke (mon.) | Text | |||||
| Chinggis Khan (mon.) | 1162-1227 | Person | |||||
| Chinggisid (mon.) | clan | ||||||
| Gushri Khan | Güüshi Khan (mon.) | 1582-1655 | Person | ||||
| Höhhot (mon.) | place | ||||||
| Jehol (mon.) | place | ||||||
| Khalkha (mon.) | Term | ||||||
| Khan (mon.) | Term | ||||||
| Kokonnor (mon.) | place | ||||||
| Ligdan Khan (mon.) | b.1588, r.1604-1634 | Person | |||||
| Mukden (mnc.) | place | ||||||
| Öljeitü Khan (mon.) | Person | ||||||
| Olug Darhan Nangso (mon.) | Person | ||||||
| Ordos (mon.) | place | ||||||
| Hubilie (忽必烈) | Qubilai Khan (mon.) | 1215-1294 | Person | ||||
| Sengge Aimag (mon.) | place | ||||||
| Tartar | Term | ||||||
| Temür (mon.) | r.1294-1307 | Person | |||||
| Great-grandson of Qubilai Khan | Wenzong (文宗) | Toghon Temür (mon.) | rl. 1328/9-1332 | Person | |||
| Torghut (Kalmuk) (mon.) | ethnicity | ||||||
| Zanabazar (mon.) | 1635-1723 | Person | |||||
| Nima Dorje Ragnubs | author | ||||||
| Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated Manuscripts from the White Beryl of Sangs rgyas rgya mtsho: with the Moonbeams treatise of Lo chen Dharmaśrī | Text | ||||||
| Tibetan Peoples Publishing House | publisher | ||||||
| The Fifth Karmarpa | 1384-1415 | Person | |||||
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Debreczeny, Karl. “Wutai Shan: Pilgrimage to Five-Peak Mountain.” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 6 (December 2011): 1-133. http://www.thlib.org?tid=T5714 (accessed ).
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- Conclusion
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