84000 Glossary of Terms

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རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ།

  • རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པའི་སྡེ།
  • rtogs pa brjod pa
  • rtogs pa brjod pa’i sde
  • avadāna
  • Term
Publications: 12

One of the twelve types of the Buddha’s teaching (dvādaśāṅga). In this sense, the Sanskrit word avadāna means “exceptional feat” or “magnificent deed,” but in the context of the twelve types of buddhavacana the term came to refer to the narrative accounts of such deeds.