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ཉི་མ། | Glossary of Terms
ཉི་མ།
A di t+ya
Āditya
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- ཉི་མ།
- nyi ma
- Āditya
Another name of Sūrya, the god of the sun, or the sun personified.
- Āditya
- ཉི་མ།
- nyi ma
- Āditya
In the Vedas, the name originally meant “child of Aditi” so that in some texts it refers to a group of deities. However, in the Kāraṇḍavyūha it has the later meaning of being synonymous with Surya, the deity of the sun. It was translated into Tibetan simply as the common word for sun.
- Āditya
- ཉི་མ།
- nyi ma
- Āditya
The sun; the god of the sun; the king identified as Ādityavardhana of the Śrīkaṇṭha-Sthāṇvīśvara dynasty who ruled in Madhyadeśa in the sixth century ᴄᴇ.
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.
- Āditya
- ཉི་མ།
- ཨཱ་དི་ཏྱ།
- nyi ma
- A di t+ya
- Āditya
Another name of Sūrya, the god of the sun, or the sun personified.
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.
- Sūrya
- ཉི་མ།
- nyi ma
- Sūrya
The deified sun.