- gnas brten/
- ID:
- T109510
- གནས་བརྟེན (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > gnas brten/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- > neten (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
Other Dictionaries
1. Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary
Das: 1) Skrt: Sthavira. lit. firm in his place, an elder, a Buddhist monk of the Sthavira school. 2) dashamisya. [arrived at the 10th decade of life, above ninety years old]. But cheifly the 16 famous Sthavira or elders གནས་བརྟེན་བཅུ་དྲུག་ see infra; who severally preached Buddhist doctrine in the various mythical islands and continents of the Buddhist cosmogony. A very late tradition assets that they were invited to China by the Princess Wun-shing Konjo daughter of Emperor Than-ju. [mss]
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