བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ། | Glossary of Terms
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བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ།
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས།
- bcom ldan ’das ma
- bcom ldan ’das
- bhagavatī
- Term
- blessed lady
- bhagavatī
See “blessed one.”
- blessed lady
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ།
- bcom ldan ’das ma
- bhagavatī
Also rendered as “Bhagavatī.”
- Blessed Lady
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས།
- bcom ldan ’das
- bhagavatī
See entry for "Blessed One."
- blessed lady
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ།
- bcom ldan ’das ma
- bhagavatī
The female form of the epithet commonly applied to buddhas and other awakened beings. The Sanskrit word bhaga means, among other factors, “good fortune,” “happiness,” “prosperity,” and “excellence.” The suffix -vat indicates possession. A common English translation is thus “blessed one” or “fortunate one.” The three syllables of the Tibetan translation mean that the being has “overcome” or “conquered” (Tib. bcom), is “endowed [with qualities]” (Tib. ldan), and has “gone beyond [saṃsāra]” (Tib. ’das).
- bhagavatī
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ།
- bcom ldan ’das ma
- bhagavatī
Also rendered as “Blessed Lady.”