བསྙེན་པ

JH-ENG

approximation

JH-OE

{C}tend; resort to; serve upon; placate

JH-SKT

{C}sevate; {MSA}Asevana

OT

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1.snyen pa'i 'das pa dang ma 'ongs pa/ 

2.yi dam lha dang nye bar 'grogs pa'i spyod pa/ ... bsnyen pa skyel ba/ ... bsnyen pa gtong ba/ ...

DM

BA 737. bsnyen pa ni nye ba zhes pa'i brda rnying. Eimer, Dbyangs 56. gsang sngags kyi gnad kyi gang la me tog phog pa de lhag pa'i lha yin bas / de'i bzlas brjod dus dang grangs dang mtshan ma'i snyen pa gang yang ma 'thems na / rang rgyud byin brlabs dang mi 'grogs pa'o. Zhi-byed Coll. V 360.5.

JV

approach, come near, propitiate a deity, accept, receive, admit, recitation, familiarization, first phase of tantric practice - that of reliance on or approach to the master and the tutelary deity where one recites the mantra, reliance

IW

1) [p f snyen pa]; 

2) practice of approaching the yidam deity approach[ing], Ritual service, familiarization, initiatory retreat, 1 who serves, come near, render service

RB

(phase of) approach; to serve/ please

RY

1) recitation; mantra, ritual for the propitiation, Ritual service, one who serves, render service, to serve/ please. 

2) (stage of) approach, Approach, Approach recitation; familiarization, initiatory retreat. 

3) pf. & ft. of {ྙེ་པ་} to approach, come near; [mss]

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