བ་དན། | Glossary of Terms

བ་དན།

ba dan

patākā
patāka

Term

Publications: 4

Appears in our translations as:

2

pennant

The Marvelous Dharma Discourse

pennant

བ་དན།

ba dan

patāka AS

Definition in this text:

A kind of chevron made of silk. It is one of the ten different things mentioned in the sūtras as items suitable for offering.

2 passages contain this term

The Dhāraṇī for Secret Relics

pennant

བ་དན།

ba dan

patākā

1 passage contains this term

1

flag

The Play in Full

flag

བ་དན།

ba dan

patākā

19 passages contain this term

1

streamer

The Dhāraṇī “Purifying All Karmic Obscurations”

streamer

བ་དན།

ba dan

patākā

Definition in this text:

A banner without a crest.

2 passages contain this term

Types of attestation for names and terms of the corresponding source language

AS

Attested in source text

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

AO

Attested in other text

This term is attested in other manuscripts with a parallel or similar context.

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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