84000 Glossary of Terms
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ཕྲེང་བ། | Glossary of Terms
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ཕྲེང་བ།
- phreng ba
- māla
- mālā
- Term
Publications: 3
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- garland
- ཕྲེང་བ།
- phreng ba
- māla
Translation by Celso Wilkinson · Laura Goetz · L.S. Summer
- garland
- ཕྲེང་བ།
- phreng ba
- mālā
Fourth of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata.
Translation by Lozang Jamspal · Kaia Fischer · Erin Sperry
- mālā
- ཕྲེང་བ།
- phreng ba
- mālā
A string of beads, much like a rosary, that is used to count recitations of mantra. The beads may be made from seeds, gemstones, shells, or other natural substances, which are often specifically selected for the mantra deity being recited or the intended purpose of the rite.