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དབང་། | Glossary of Terms
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དབང་།
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang
- dbang bskur ba
- abhiṣeka
- Term
- consecration
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- abhiṣeka
In the Buddhist context, the ritual of consecration usually involves an initiation or empowerment.
- consecration
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- abhiṣeka
Also translated here as “empowerment.”
- consecration
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
See “empowerment.”
- empowerment
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- —
Also translated here as “consecration.”
- empowerment
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
- empowerment
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
Literally “sprinkling,” abhiṣeka is a ritual consecration that often functions as a deity empowerment. The term is also translated in this text as “initiation.”
- initiation
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
- initiation
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
See “empowerment.”
- initiation
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
A ritual initiation into the maṇḍala and practice system of a specific tantric deity. The term means “to anoint,” as it evokes Indic rites of royal coronation that involve sprinkling consecrated water.
- consecrated
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- abhiṣeka