84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྐྱིད་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྐྱིད་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས།

  • skyid pa’i ’byung gnas
  • dhanyākara
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  • Dhanyākara
  • སྐྱིད་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས།
  • skyid pa’i ’byung gnas
  • dhanyākara
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In this ninth-century Tibetan translation, Dhanyākara is translated as “Source of Happiness.” More common is the translation ’bras spung, meaning “Rice Heap.” The famous Gelugpa monastery Drepung takes its name from this city, which was the capital of the kingdom of the Satavahana dynasty that ruled South India from the first to third century ᴄᴇ. Known primarily as Dhānyakaṭaka, the present remains are in the village of Dharaṇikoṭa, a few miles from the site of the great Amarāvatī stupa, in Andhra Pradesh on the southeastern coast of India. Before 1953 this was in the state of Madras.