• གནས་ཁང་།
  • gnas khang
  • vihāra
  • layana
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • dwelling
  • གནས་ཁང་།
  • gnas khang
  • vihāra AS
  • layana AS
Definition in this text:

In Skt. also layana, the common name for a monk’s residence. In this translation, we distinguish between “residence” (Tib. gnas mal; Skt. śayanāsana) and “dwelling” (Tib. gnas khang; Skt. layana). Here, “residence” includes the residence’s furnishings, i.e. its “bedding and seating” (also Tib. gnas mal; Skt. śayanāsana). Rendered by Yijing as 房 (Taishō 1041).

  • dwelling
  • གནས་ཁང་།
  • gnas khang
  • layana
Definition in this text:

The common name for a monastic’s living quarters.