• དཔའ་བ།
  • dpa’ ba
  • sattva
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  • དཔའ་བ།
  • dpa’ ba
  • sattva AS
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Short for Mahāsattva, dpa’ ba means “courage.” Elsewhere in the sūtra the prince’s name is translated as sems can chen po (“Great Being”) and in Toh 556 it is translated as snying stobs chen po (“Great Courage”). “Courage” and “being” are two possible meanings of sattva, which has a number of alternative meanings, such as “goodness” and “existence.”