84000 Glossary of Terms

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འགར། | Glossary of Terms

  • གར།

  • མགར།
  • འགར།
  • ’gar
  • gar
  • mgar
  • Term
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  • Gar
  • འགར།
  • གར།
  • མགར།
  • ’gar
  • gar
  • mgar
Definition in this text:

The Gar is a Tibetan clan of ancient provenance, the origin of which traces back to the ministers of Newo Trana, one of the twelve kingdoms of preimperial Tibet. According to the Catalog, it's one of the eighteen tribes of Nguchen Gyalmo, belonging to the divine lineage of Go.