84000 Glossary of Terms
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གདུགས། | Glossary of Terms
གདུགས།
gdugs
chatra
- Term
Publications: 3
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- Parasol
- གདུགས།
- gdugs
- chatra
Translation by Celso Wilkinson · Laura Goetz · L.S. Summer
- Parasol
- གདུགས།
- gdugs
- chattra
First of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata. In general Indian iconography it is a symbol of protection and royalty. In Buddhism it symbolizes protection from blazing heat of afflictions, desire, illness, and harmful forces, just as a physical parasol protects one from the blazing sun or the elements. It is also included in the eight auspicious emblems.
Translation by Dylan Esler
- Parasol
- གདུགས།
- gdugs
- chattra