84000 Glossary of Terms
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ན་བཟའ། | Glossary of Terms
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ན་བཟའ།
- མཐང་གོས།
- ཤམ་ཐབས།
- na bza’
- sham thabs
- mthang gos
- antarvāsa
- nivāsana
- Term
Publications: 2
Translation by Tulku Sherdor · Virginia Blum
- inner robe
- ན་བཟའ།
- na bza’
- antarvāsa
The undergarment covering the lower body. One of the three Dharma robes (tricīvara, chos gos gsum).
Translation by Robert Miller
- under robe
- ཤམ་ཐབས།
- མཐང་གོས།
- sham thabs
- mthang gos
- nivāsana
- antarvāsa
One of a Buddhist monk’s three robes. The term sham thabs (nivāsana) is the most widespread and is the one used throughout this text, except in UT22084-001-001-2935 and UT22084-001-001-925 where the alternative term mthang gos (antarvāsa) is used.