84000 Glossary of Terms
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ཉམས་པའི་མ་ནིང་། | Glossary of Terms
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ཉམས་པའི་མ་ནིང་།
- nyams pa’i ma ning
- āpatpaṇḍaka
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Translation by Robert Miller
- person with a sexual disability
- ཉམས་པའི་མ་ནིང་།
- nyams pa’i ma ning
- āpatpaṇḍaka
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.