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, 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.
| Ka | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
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| sku ’bum | Kumbum | monastery | ||||
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| Kha | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| kha btags | khatak | Term | ||||
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| Ga | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| gangs ljongs lo rgyus thog gi grags can mi sna | Gangjong Logyü Tokgi Drakchen Mina | Famous Historical Personages of the Land of Snows | Text | |||
| rgya dpon | Gyapön | China[-posted?] officer | Term | |||
| sgo mang | Gomang | monastic college | ||||
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| Nga | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| ngo mtshar rin po che’i phreng ba | Ngotsar Rinpoché Trengwa | A Garland of Precious Miracles | Text | |||
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| Ca | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| lcangs skya rol pa’i rdo rje | Changja Rölpé Dorjé | Person | ||||
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| Ta | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| bstan pa chos ’phel | Tenpa Chömpel | Person | ||||
| bstan ’dzin chos grags | Tendzin Chödrak | author | ||||
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| Tha | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| than cing | Tenching | Tianjin (天津) | place | |||
| thub bstan byams pa tshul khrims bstan ’dzin | Tupten Jampa Tsültrim Tendzin | author | ||||
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| Da | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| don grub dbang ’bum | Döndrup Wangbum | Danzhu Angben (丹珠昂奔) | author | |||
| don rdor | Döndor | author | ||||
| ’dul ba mkhan po | Dülwa Khenpo | Person | ||||
| rde go | Dego | German | Deguo (德國) | ethnicity | ||
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| Na | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| nang blon | nanglön | Inner Minister | Term | |||
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| Pha | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| phu gsar steng | Pusar Teng | Pusa Ding (菩薩頂) | building | |||
| phur lcog yongs ’dzin thub bstan byams pa tshul khrims bstan ’dzin | Purchok Yongdzin Tupten Jampa Tsültrim Tendzin | Person | ||||
| phyag dbang | chakwang | touch of the head | Term | |||
| ’phags pa ’jig rten dbang phyug gi rnam sprul rim byon gyi ’khrungs rabs deb ther nor bu’i phreng ba | Pakpa Jikten Wangchukgi Namtrül Rimjöngyi Trungrap Depter Norbü Trengwa | The Jewel Garland Annals: The Successive Incarnations of Āryalokeśvara | title collection | |||
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| Ba | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| bras spungs | Drepung | monastery | ||||
| blo bstan | Lopten | Person | ||||
| blo bzang bstan ’dzin | Lozang Tendzin | Person | ||||
| rba yer bla ma | Bayer Lama | Person | ||||
| sba yer mkhan po | Bayer Khenpo | Person | ||||
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| Ma | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| mig go’i pi cing chin khral | Mikgö Piching chintrel | American qinchai (“imperial commissioner;” that is, the ambassador) stationed in Beijing | Meiguo Beijing qinchai (美國北京欽差) | Term | ||
| dmag dpon | makpön | military officer | Term | |||
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| Tsha | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
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| Zha | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| 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 | The Miraculous Sunlight That Opens up the Lotus of Faith: A Guide to the Holy Region of the Clear Cool Mountain | Text | |||
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| Ha | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| hong se | Hongsé | Huangsi | Person | |||
| lha sa | Lhasa | place | ||||
| lhar bcas srid zhi’i gtsug rgyan gong sa rgyal ba’i dbang po bka’ drin mtshungs med sku phreng bcu gsum pa chen po’i rnam par thar pa rgya mtsho lta bu las mdo tsam brjod pa ngo mtshar rin po che’i phreng ba | Lharché Sizhi Tsukgyen Gongsa Gyelwé Wangpo Kadrin Tsungmé Kutreng Chuksumpa Chenpö Nampar Tarpa Gyamtso Tabulé Dotsam Jöpa Ngotsar Rinpoché Trengwa | A Garland of Precious Miracles: A Brief Elucidation drawn from the Oceanic Biography of the Crown of Samsara and Nirvana, and of Gods, His Holiness, the Matchlessly Kind Great Thirteenth Dalai Lama | Text | |||
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| Sanskrit | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| Avalokitésvara | buddhist deity | |||||
| Gŗdhrakūța | place | |||||
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| Chinese | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| Peking | Beijing | place | ||||
| Datong | place | |||||
| Chronicle of the Genealogy of the Dalai Lama and Bainqen Erdeni | Libei Dalai Lama yu Banchen E’erdeni nianpu (历辈达赖喇嘛与班禅额尔德尼年谱) | Text | ||||
| Lingjiu Feng (靈鷲峰) | place | |||||
| Nianpu | Text | |||||
| Pusa | building | |||||
| imperial commissioner | qinchai | Term | ||||
| lodging palace | qingong (寝宫) | Term | ||||
| Qing | dynasty | |||||
| Yearly Tables of Chinese and Foreign Ambassadors and Consular Personnel of the Late Qing | Qingji Zhongwai shiling nianbiao (清季中外使領年表) | Text | ||||
| Selected Archival Historical Materials on the Thirteenth Dalai Lama during the Late Qing | Qingmo Shisan shi Dalai Lama dang’an shiliao xuanbian | Text | ||||
| Taiyuanfu | place | |||||
| Takulan | place | |||||
| Wang Fanglin | Person | |||||
| Weng | Person | |||||
| Wutai Shan | mountain | |||||
| Office of Foreign Affairs | Yangwuju (洋務局) | organization | ||||
| Zhongguo diyi lishi dang’anguan | organization | |||||
| Zhongguo Zangxue yanjiu zhongxin | organization | |||||
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| Other | ||||||
| Extended Wylie | Phonetics | English | Sanskrit | Chinese | Other | Type |
| Buriat (mon.) | ethnicity | |||||
| Jasagh Lama (mon.) | Person | |||||
| Jebdzundamba Khutughtu (mon.) | Person | |||||
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Sperling, Elliot. “The Thirteenth Dalai Lama at Wutai Shan: Exile and Diplomacy.” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 6 (December 2011): 389-410. http://www.thlib.org?tid=T5720 (accessed ).
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