ངང་ངུར། | Glossary of Terms

ངང་ངུར།
ངང་པ།

ngang ngur
ngang pa

haṃsa

Term

Publications: 3

Appears in our translations as:

1

geese

The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines

geese

ངང་ངུར།

ngang ngur

haṃsa

2 passages contain this term

1

goose

The Question of Mañjuśrī

goose

ངང་པ།

ngang pa

haṃsa

Definition in this text:

Twenty-first of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata.

1 passage contains this term

1

haṃsa

The Chapter on Medicines

haṃsa

ངང་པ།

ngang pa

haṃsa

Definition in this text:

A kind of bird, which is identified with the swan or goose.

32 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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