JH-ENG, JH-SKT, JH-C, IW, RY |
guru |
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JH-ENG |
[Tibetan transliteration of Sanskrit word, *]; teacher |
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OT |
[356] (ལེགས་) 2) ལྗིད་པ་ ... |
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JH-C |
Comment: The word * literally means weighty or heavy, one whose continuum is weighty with the good qualities of scripture and realization (རྒྱུད་ལུང་རྟོགས་ཀྱི་ ཡོན་ཏན་གྱིས་ལྕི་བ། |
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DM |
See a ka ru. |
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JV |
spiritual teacher |
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IW |
[Skt] /(1 lama, teacher, *, master; 2) heavy, weighty [i.e. laden w qualities] |
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RY |
1) *, lama, teacher, master. 2) Guru Rinpoche, Guru Padmasambhava [most often]. 3) The Sanskrit literally means "heavy", laden / loaded with qualities |