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དྲི་གཙང་ཁང་། | Glossary of Terms
དྲི་གཙང་ཁང་།
dri gtsang khang
gandhakuṭī
- Term
- Perfume chamber
- དྲི་གཙང་ཁང་།
- dri gtsang khang
- gandhakuṭī
The special private dwelling of the Buddha.
- Perfumed chamber
- དྲི་གཙང་ཁང་།
- dri gtsang khang
- gandhakuṭī
- 精舍
Term that was first used in reference to the Buddha’s personal residence. Later, after the Buddha’s passing, the term came to denote the inner chamber of Buddhist monasteries in India, where a Buddha statue was housed to represent the Buddha’s residence at the monastery.
- Sanctuary
- དྲི་གཙང་ཁང་།
- dri gtsang khang
- gandhakuṭī
A special room or shrine dedicated to a buddha, intended as both residence and reliquary. A common feature especially in rock-cut temples.
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- Shrine chamber
- སྤོས་ཀྱི་ཁང་པ།
- spos kyi khang pa
- gandhakuṭi
Literally “perfumed chamber,” this was the name given to the Buddha’s personal room at the Jetavana monastery. The term was then later applied to the room in any monastery where an image of the Buddha was installed to signify his presence. In the context of an Action Tantra, the term seems to refer generically to a shrine chamber, perhaps one specifically enshrining the deity that is the focus of a given rite.