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ནམ་མཁའི་མཛོད། | Glossary of Terms
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ནམ་མཁའ་མཛོད།
- ནམ་མཁའ།
- ནམ་མཁའི་མཛོད།
- nam mkha’i mdzod
- nam mkha’
- nam mkha’ mdzod
- gaganagañja
- gaganaṃ
- gagaṇagañja
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- Gagaṇagañja
- ནམ་མཁའ་མཛོད།
- nam mkha’ mdzod
- gagaṇagañja
A bodhisattva who resided in the Varagaṇā world of the Thus-Gone One Gaṇendra’s buddha realm, and proceeded to Bodhgaya to venerate the Buddha.
- Gaganagañja
- ནམ་མཁའ་མཛོད།
- nam mkha’ mdzod
- gaganagañja
In the Kāraṇḍavyūha it is the name of both a bodhisattva and a samādhi. In this sūtra the bodhisattva is a pupil of Buddha Viśvabhū, but he is also portrayed in other sūtras receiving teaching from Śākyamuni, and is one of the sixteen bodhisattvas in the Vairocana maṇḍala.
- Gaganagañja
- ནམ་མཁའ་མཛོད།
- nam mkha’ mdzod
- gaganagañja
One of the bodhisattvas attending this teaching.
- Gaganagañja
- ནམ་མཁའི་མཛོད།
- nam mkha’i mdzod
- gaganagañja
- Gaganagañja
- ནམ་མཁའ།
- nam mkha’
- gaganagañja
- gaganaṃ
The Sanskrit text has “gaganaṃ,” signifying this epithet of Ākāśagarbha, one of the eight great bodhisattvas, while the Tibetan uses an abbreviated form of the Tibetan translation of Ākāśagarbha, nam mkha’i snying po.
- Gaganagañja
- ནམ་མཁའི་མཛོད།
- nam mkha’i mdzod
- gaganagañja
One of the sixteen great bodhisattvas. The content of the list varies from text to text.
- Treasury of Space
- ནམ་མཁའི་མཛོད།
- nam mkha’i mdzod
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A bodhisattva.