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JH-ENG

nine; all (9)

JH-OE

{C}belly

JH-SKT

nava; {C}kukSitA

OT

[443] 1. mang po/ ... skye dgu/ ... 'dod dgu/ ... skad cha mi bshad dgu bshad/ ... las ka mi byed dgu byed/ ... mi las dgu las/ ... yod dgu rtsal sprug ... rgyu nor yod dgu/ ... ngan dgu tshang ba/ ... bzang dgu/ ... 2. grangs ka dgu/ ... rma chu khug dgu/ ... ming gi rnam grangs la gter dang/ bu ga /rtsa/ srin po bcas so/

JH-C

Comment: "Nine" may come to mean "all" due to the fact that there are nine levels in cyclic existence.

DM

besides the usual meaning 'nine,' it also often means 'many.' A special expression using ma and dgu: rtog ges ma brtags dgu brtags kyang // zhen pa'i 'ching las grol mi srid. Samdo A III 185r.2. myi rig dgu rig / myi dran dgu dran / myi shes dgu shes / myi mkhyen dgu mkhyen / mi gsal dgu gsal / myi 'gyu dgu 'gyu ba 'di yin no. Zhi-byed Coll. IV 258.1.

JV

9, many, plural sign, nine, abbreviation for the 9 vehicles, indication of plural

IW

1) many, all, everything; 2) 9 [R]; 3) do to excess [ma byed dgu byed etc]. 1) many, all; 2) 9 [syn: gter, bu ga, rtza, srin po, {zab dgu} = a variety of profound]. 1) many, all, everything; 2) 9; 3) do to excess [ma byed dgu byed etc]

RY

1) nine. 2) many, all, everything. {zab dgu} a variety of profound; everything; much