84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྔོན་གྱི་ཆོ་ག | Glossary of Terms

  • སྔོན་གྱི་ཆོ་ག

  • sngon gyi cho ga
  • purākalpa
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • Early Rite
  • སྔོན་གྱི་ཆོ་ག
  • sngon gyi cho ga
  • purākalpa
Definition in this text:

The early ordination rite, later adapted to include stricter criteria for admission and introduce the intermediate step, between joining the order and ordination, of induction into the novitiate.