གདངས

JH-ENG

tone; light

JH-SKT

{LCh}ghoSa

OT

[1340] ... 1) sgra'i nyams/ ... skad gdangs/ ... gzhas gdangs/ ... gdangs bcag pa/ ... gdangs chag pa/ ... gdangs snyan po/ ... gdangs 'dra ba/ ... gdangs 'then pa'i sgo nas snyan tshig 'don pa/ ... dung gdangs ring po zhig btang song/ ... 

2) ( རྙིང ) བྱེད་ལུགས ...

\ JH-C

get ex from སྔོན་འགྲོtext SW added Eng "light" and ex

DM

in Rdzogs-chen, a kind of neither-subjective-nor-objective energy-manifestation. Norbu, Dzog Chen and Zen 34, n. 19. See mdangs. radiation. Germano in JIABS 17 no. 2 (1994) 316. nad las grol ba. bya gdang. Btsan-lha. rang gdangs is equiv. to rang mdangs. Stein.

JV

radiance, lustre, (primordial, inner, natural) glow, self-radiance, (ultimate, subtle) clarity, resonance, creativity, actuality, lucid manifestation, incessant creativity, SA mdangs, dwangs, luminous nature, inner ultimate, subtle force, profundity, chant (slow & formal with syllables extended), manifestation, open tune, tone or pitch of one's voice, music, harmony, melody, forehead, the very nature of energy, capacity of energy to manifest its own nature just as a crystal which is put into a colored cloth reveals the qualities by which it is characterized, past of gdang, primary energy of potentiality of manifestation, SA ཐུགས་རྗེ, translucency, primal manifestation of energy, Dang energy

IW

1) Sgra'i nyams; 

2) [arch] way of doing tone, pitch, tune, melody, [slow formal] chant, manifestation, open, lustrous, refection, projection, accent, voice, complexion, radiance, luster, open, gaping, music, harmony

RB

ཕྱི་གདངས externalized/ outwardly directed radiance (of being)*. (outwardly directed) radiance (of being)/ radiant expression*

RY

1) tone, pitch. 

2) tune, melody 

3) p. of  གདང chant, slow formal chant. 

3) manifestation, open, lustrous, refection, projection, tone, accent, voice, complexion, radiance, luster, open, gaping, music, harmony, melody; manifestation; manifestation, refection, projection; tone, sound, chant, melody, pitch, tune; accent, voice, tone of; color, complexion, radiance, luster; open, gaping; translucency, translucent. x {gsung gi gdangs} - the sound of his voice