དྲང་སྲོང་། | Glossary of Terms

“Sage.” An ancient Indian spiritual title, especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

An ancient Indian spiritual title, often translated as “sage” or “seer.” The title is particularly used for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations of Indian culture. The term is also applied to Śākyamuni and other realized Buddhist figures.

A class of superhuman beings who live extremely long lives.

Sage; also a class of semidivine beings.

A class of celestial beings. The term ṛṣi is ancient Indian spiritual title, particularly applied to divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

A class of celestial beings. The term ṛṣi is ancient Indian spiritual title, particularly applied to divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

A class of celestial beings. The term ṛṣi is ancient Indian spiritual title, particularly applied to divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

A class of celestial beings. The term ṛṣi is ancient Indian spiritual title, particularly applied to divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

A class of celestial beings, the “sages”; in the convention adopted here, the term when left in Sanskrit denotes a nonhuman sage. The name, in the sense of a celestial sage, occurs also in the name of the constellation “Seven Ṛṣis” (saptarṣi) that corresponds to the seven stars of the Great Bear.

Indian sage or wise man (often a wandering ascetic or hermit).

Indian sage, wise man (often a wandering ascetic or hermit). This term was also used to render muni (thub pa), see “Able One.”

A person, usually endowed with some superhuman powers; also a class of superhuman beings (in the latter meaning this term is used in its Sanskrit form).

An ancient Indian spiritual title especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for Indian culture. The term is often applied to Śākyamuni and other realized Buddhist figures.

An ancient Indian spiritual title, especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

Indian sage or wise man, often a wandering ascetic or hermit; drang srong is literally “the righteous one.” “Great sage” is sometimes also used as a specific epithet of the buddhas.

An ancient Indian spiritual title especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for Indian culture. 

drang srong is literally “the righteous one”; ancient Vedic masters and practitioners (Rigzin 200).

Sage, seer; it seems that this word can also denote a class of semi-divine beings.

See “ṛṣi.”

“Sage.” An ancient Indian spiritual title, especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

Indian sage, often a wandering ascetic or hermit. “Great Seer” (maharṣi, drang srong chen po) is often used as an epithet of the Buddha.

Indian sage or wise man (often a wandering ascetic or hermit).

Vedic term for a realized being.

See “great seer.”

An ancient Indian spiritual title especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for Indian culture.

An ancient Indian spiritual title especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.

Sage. An ancient Indian spiritual title especially for divinely inspired individuals credited with creating the foundations for all Indian culture.