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སེམས་ཅན།

sems can

sattva

Term

Publications: 5

Appears in our translations as:

sentient being

Unraveling the Intent

sentient being

སེམས་ཅན།

sems can

sattva

Definition in this text:

Often rendered simply as “being.”

56 passages contain this term

The Questions of Rāṣṭrapāla (2)

sentient being

སེམས་ཅན།

sems can

sattva

2 passages contain this term

The Dedication “Fulfilling All Aspirations”

sentient being

སེམས་ཅན།

sems can

sattva

Definition in this text:

Any living being in one of the six realms.

15 passages contain this term

The Dedication “Protecting All Beings”

sentient being

སེམས་ཅན།

sems can

sattva

Definition in this text:

Any living being in one of the six realms.

12 passages contain this term

Summary of Empowerment

sentient being

སེམས་ཅན།

sems can

sattva

5 passages contain this term

Types of attestation for names and terms of the corresponding source language

AS

Attested in source text

This term is attested in a manuscript used as a source for this translation.

AO

Attested in other text

This term is attested in other manuscripts with a parallel or similar context.

AD

Attested in dictionary

This term is attested in dictionaries matching Tibetan to the corresponding language.

AA

Approximate attestation

The attestation of this name is approximate. It is based on other names where the relationship between the Tibetan and source language is attested in dictionaries or other manuscripts.

RP

Reconstruction from Tibetan phonetic rendering

This term is a reconstruction based on the Tibetan phonetic rendering of the term.

RS

Reconstruction from Tibetan semantic rendering

This term is a reconstruction based on the semantics of the Tibetan translation.

SU

Source unspecified

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