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སངས་རྒྱས

[*saŋs.rɡʲas]

noun

LanguageTibetan (China)

Meaning
  1. Buddha
  2. The title for an enlightened being who has attained the highest level of spiritual realization in Buddhism.
Examples

སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་བསྟན་པ།

The teachings of the Buddha.

Pronunciation*saŋs.rɡʲas

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThe word literally means purified and expanded, signifying the clearing of defilements and the expansion of wisdom.

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