84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཉམས་པའི་མ་ནིང་། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཉམས་པའི་མ་ནིང་།

  • nyams pa’i ma ning
  • āpatpaṇḍaka
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • person with a sexual disability
  • ཉམས་པའི་མ་ནིང་།
  • nyams pa’i ma ning
  • āpatpaṇḍaka
Definition in this text:

A person whose sexual organs have been disabled by being removed or otherwise. One of the five types of person labeled a paṇḍaka, all of whom are barred from joining the renunciate order.

1 Related glossary entries:

མ་ནིང་།

  • napuṃsaka
  • napuṃsakam
  • paṇḍaka
  • neuter
  • neutral
  • paṇḍaka
  • Person labeled a paṇḍaka