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sngon du bsnyen pa/
ID:
T51244
  • སྔོན་དུ་བསྙེན་པ (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > sngon du bsnyen pa/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
    • > ngöndu nyenpa (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)

Prior approximation. The initial phase of deity yoga, where the practitioner imaginatively approaches or becomes closer to the state of the deity.

Etymology
Basic Syllabic Etymology:
Here bsnyen pa has the sense of nye ba (“to become closer to,” or “to approach”).

language:
English
Author:
Chris Hatchell
Other Dictionaries

Other Dictionaries

1. Jeffrey Hopkins Dictionary

Hopkins' Translations: prior approximation

language:
English

2. Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary

preparatory recitation

language:
English

3. Negi Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary

= སྔོན་བསྙེན།

language:
Sanskrit
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