Sakya
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| Key Term | Sakya |
|---|---|
| Hover Popup Choices | Sakya; Sakyapa |
| Featured People | Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, Sönam Tsemo, Sakya Paṇḍita, Gorampa Sönam Senge, Khenpo Ngawang Jorden |
| In Tibetan Script | ས་སྐྱ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | sa skya |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | sa kya |
| Term Type | School |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khon family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre. |
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