84000 Glossary of Terms

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རྒྱལ་མཚན། | Glossary of Terms

  • རྒྱལ་མཚན།

  • rgyal mtshan
  • dvaja
  • dhvaja
  • Term
Publications: 3
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
  • victory banner
  • རྒྱལ་མཚན།
  • rgyal mtshan
  • dvaja
Definition in this text:

One of the eight auspicious symbols, often in the form of a roof-top ornament, representing the Buddha’s victory over malign forces.

Translation by Catherine Dalton · Heidi Koppl · James Gentry · Cortland Dahl · Hilary Herdman · Andreas Doctor
  • victory banner
  • རྒྱལ་མཚན།
  • rgyal mtshan
  • dhvaja
Translation by Celso Wilkinson · Laura Goetz · L.S. Summer
  • victory banner
  • རྒྱལ་མཚན།
  • rgyal mtshan
  • dhvaja
Definition in this text:

Second of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata.