• རྟ་ཅང་ཤེས།
  • rta cang shes
  • ājāneyāśva
  • Term
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  • thoroughbred stallion
  • རྟ་ཅང་ཤེས།
  • rta cang shes
  • ājāneyāśva
Definition in this text:

The Sanskrit word ājāneya was primarily used for thoroughbred horses. The compound joins the term with aśva (“horse”). An etymology as “all-knowing” is the basis for the Tibetan translation. In other contexts it was also used as a term of respect, often paired with “great elephant” in a description of realized beings.