གནས་བརྟན་གྱི་ཕུག | Glossary of Terms

གནས་བརྟན་གྱི་ཕུག

gnas brtan gyi phug

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Cave of the Elders

The Quintessence of the Sun

Cave of the Elders

གནས་བརྟན་གྱི་ཕུག

gnas brtan gyi phug

Definition in this text:

A holy site blessed by the presence of sages.

1 passage contains this term

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Sthavira Cave

The Dwellings of Bodhisattvas

Sthavira Cave

གནས་བརྟན་གྱི་ཕུག

gnas brtan gyi phug

Definition in this text:

A dwelling place of bodhisattvas located in the region called Increasing Joy.

2 passages contain this term

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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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