མ་མོ་འཛིན་པ། | Glossary of Terms

མ་མོ་འཛིན་པ།

ma mo ’dzin pa

mātṛkādhara

Term

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specialists in the lists

The Jewel Cloud

specialists in the lists

མ་མོ་འཛིན་པ།

ma mo ’dzin pa

mātṛkādhara

Definition in this text:

The ancient specialists in what later evolved to be the ābhidharmikas.

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upholders of enumerations

The Dharma Council

upholders of enumerations

མ་མོ་འཛིན་པ།

ma mo ’dzin pa

mātṛkādhara

Definition in this text:

The title of a specialist in the Buddhist canon who focuses on upholding the lists of enumerations of key Buddhist tenets.

1 passage contains 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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