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བཙུན་མོ། | Glossary of Terms
བཙུན་མོ།
btsun mo
yoṣitā
- Term
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Consort (female)
- ཕྱག་རྒྱ།
- རིག་མ།
- ཤེས་རབ།
- བཙུན་མོ།
- དགའ་མ།
- phyag rgya
- rig ma
- shes rab
- btsun mo
- dga’ ma
- mudrā
- vidyā
- prajñā
- yoṣitā
- rati
The female element of the coupling pair in sexual yoga. In this translation the term “consort” has been used to render different terms with slighty different concepts of the female consort, the most important being mudrā, vidyā, and prajñā. Mudrā emphasizes the symbolic form of the female consort, while vidyā and prajñā emphasize the wisdom, or insight, aspect that the female principle embodies (see also “wisdom consort”).
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Queen
- བཙུན་མོ།
- btsun mo
- yoṣitā
In Tibetan, btsun mo is an honorific term for a woman of rank, also understood to mean lady, queen, or consort.