གཏད

JH-ENG

aim; focus

JH-T

gtad/ gtod/ btad/ gtod/

OT

[1033] rdzas sngags kyi sgo nas gzhan gnod kyi mthu gtad/ ... mnan gtad rgyag pa/ ...

DM

evil spells. Skorupski, TA. Havnevik, Dissertation 283. magic imprecation. Stein.

JV

entrust, in the direction of, towards, press, urge, steadiness, firmness, bestow, lean upon, fix on, spell, place, SA gtod pa, past of gtod, pointing towards, suppression, connect, concentrate, to direct in, fixate, gaze

IW

aim, focus, direct towards, place, hand over, deliver, set up, open, establish, entrust, surrender, aim, goal {gtod} [p gtod by sorcery perform harmful mthu gtad, mnan gtad

RY

I) RJY: submit to/ to direct/ to take: 

1) to aim, focus, aim, goal. 

2) direct towards, place, hand over, deliver, set up, open, establish, entrust. 

3) a spell, curse. 

4) to surrender sm. {gtod pa}. 

5) p. of gtod. II) {rdzas sngags kyi sgo nas gzhan gnod kyi mthu gtad}, "a curse {mthu gtad} that harms others by means of substances and mantras." e.g., {mnan gtad rgyag pa} "to make/do an oppressive curse." [mss]