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OT

[856] mchod pa 'bul yul gyi zhing ngam mchod bya/ ... mchod gnas dge 'dun bcas pa gtsug gis khur/ ...

DM

Nyang-ral, History (PRC ed.) 163, has the words chab srid kyi mchod gnas. An early use of the word is witnessed in Vitali, Kingdoms, p. 187. Stein. 27 2.

JV

objects to which offerings are made, officiating priest, great object of worship or adoration, something sacred

IW, RY

chaplain

IW

object of refuge/ worship, the one to whom offerings are made, officiating priest, court *, something that is offered

RY

the object of veneration. {rgyal po'i mchod gnas nyang ting 'dzin bzang po} Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo, the teacher most venerated by the king. 

1) object of worship; supreme lama at the court. Syn {skyabs gnas}, 

2) officiating priest, court *, clergy