ལུང་དུ་བསྟན་པའི་སྡེ། | Glossary of Terms

One of the twelve branches of Buddhist scriptures.

One of the “twelve branches of excellent speech.”

One of the twelve branches of Buddhist scriptures.

One among the twelve sections of scripture.

In this text and many others, the formal statement by a buddha that a particular individual (or occasionally a group) will attain awakening as a named tathāgata, often in a named world system during a named future eon. The same term is also used (though not in this text) to refer to a category of scriptures in which such prophetic statements are made; more generally, it can mean simply a teaching or explanation.

A prophecy usually made by the Buddha or another tathāgata concerning the perfect awakening of one of their followers; a literary genre or category of works that contain such prophecies. Also translated here as “exposition.”

A prophecy usually made by the Buddha or another tathāgata concerning the perfect awakening of one of their followers; a literary genre or category of works that contain such prophecies.

Prophecies usually made by the Buddha or another tathāgata concerning the perfect awakening of one of their followers. A literary genre or category of works that contain such prophecies, listed as one of the twelve aspects of the wheel of Dharma.

Prophecies usually made by the Buddha or another tathāgata concerning the perfect awakening of one of their followers. A literary genre or category of works that contain such prophecies, listed as one of the twelve aspects of the wheel of Dharma.

A clear analysis or detailed presentation. Also translated here as “prophecy.”

Third of the twelve branches of the scriptures.

Prophecies. This is also specifically one of the twelve aspects of the Dharma.

See also “twelve wheels of the Dharma.”