རྒྱལ་བྱེད། | Glossary of Terms

ཛ་ཧྣུ།
རྒྱལ་བྱེད།

rgyal byed
dza h+nu

jahnu

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Jahnu

The King of Samādhis Sūtra

Jahnu

རྒྱལ་བྱེད།

rgyal byed

jahnu

Definition in this text:

A rishi of ancient India, who was said to have swallowed the Ganges when it first appeared, and then on being supplicated allowed it to come out of his ear.

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The Root Manual of the Rites of Mañjuśrī

Jahnu

ཛ་ཧྣུ།

dza h+nu

jahnu

Definition in this text:

One of the sages (ṛṣi).

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AS

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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SU

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