ཉི་མའི་རིགས། | Glossary of Terms
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ཉི་མའི་རིགས།
- nyi ma’i rigs
- sūryavaṃśa
- sauryakula
- Term
- Clan of the Sun
- ཉི་མའི་རིགས།
- nyi ma’i rigs
- sauryakula
An epithet of the Buddha’s tribe derived from a legend concerning his ancestry (Rigzin 128). See also “Śākya.”
- solar lineage
- ཉི་མའི་རིགས།
- nyi ma’i rigs
- sūryavaṃśa
A mythical ancient Indian clan with divine origins to which Siddhārtha Gautama’s family was said to belong.