Sakya
Key Term | Sakya |
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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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