| Key Term |
guṇa |
| Topic Variation |
enlightened qualities |
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enlightened qualities |
| In Tibetan Script |
ཡོན་ཏན་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration |
yon tan |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script |
गुण |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering |
yönten |
| Chinese Script |
功德 |
| Chinese Pinyin |
gōng dé |
| Japanese Transliteration |
kudoku |
| Korean Transliteration |
kongdok |
| English Standard |
enlightened qualities |
| Richard Barron's English Term |
enlightened/ positive quality/ property |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term |
good qualities |
| Gyurme Dorje's English Term |
enlightened attribute; buddha attribute |
| Term Type |
Noun |
| Source Language |
Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning |
The qualities or attributes of an enlightened being. |
| Definitions |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |
See page 336: In Sanskrit and Päli, lit. “string,” or “strand,” by extension a “quality” or “spiritual virtue.” |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo |
1) rig gnas shes pa'i khyad chos/ ... yon tan khyad par can/ ... yon tan gyi nus pa/ ... yon tan slob pa/ ... yon tan sbyong ba/ ... yon tan la mnga' brnyes pa/ ... dran rgya che yang yon tan chung ba/ ... yon tan yod kyang med mdog byed pa/ ... yon tan yod pas ma spyad na/ zhing la so nam ma byas 'dra/ ... 2) (mngon) rdul dang/ mun pa/ snying stobs kyi yon tan gsum yod pas grangs gsum mtshon/ ... |