ལྷའི་བུ་མོ། | Glossary of Terms

ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།

lha’i bu mo

devī
devakanyā

Term

Publications: 3

Appears in our translations as:

2

goddess

The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines

goddess

ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།

lha’i bu mo

devakanyā

Definition in this text:

A female god, literally “daughter of a god.” Sometimes also translated “celestial maiden.”

3 passages contain this term

The Four Boys’ Absorption

goddess

ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།

lha’i bu mo

devī AD

Definition in this text:

See “god.”

2 passages contain this term

1

devī

The Stem Array

devī

ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།

lha’i bu mo

devakanyā

Definition in this text:

Literally “daughter of a deva.” A female deva.

5 passages contain this term

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AS

Attested in source text

This term is attested in a manuscript used as a source for this translation.

AO

Attested in other text

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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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goddess

devī

ལྷ་མོ།

ལྷ།

Attested in source text

Attested in other text

Attested in dictionary

Approximate attestation

Reconstruction from Tibetan phonetic rendering

Reconstruction from Tibetan semantic rendering

Source unspecified