སྡེ་

JH-ENG

(1) set; school; faction; sect{BJ 46.2}(2) continuative particle indicating there is more to come in the sentence, sometimes setting off appositives and usually indicating there is another clause to the sentence

OT

[1471] རིགས་དང་། tshoms dang/ mang po'i tshogs pa/ ... rang sde/ ... gzhan sde/ ... dmag sde/ ... chos sde/ ... lha sde mi sde/ ... g.yas sde g.yon sde/ ... yul gru rnams sde sder bgos pa/ ...

JH-C

"sde" is not a continuative! [de te ste are the lhag bcas gsum]

DM

In the KAlacakra, lnga'i sde = 25. drug gi sde = 36, etc.

JV

books, practitioners, group, tribe, section, class, community, race, part, portion

IW

community, [sub-]section, division, practitioners, teaching, scripture, faction, order, unit, department, set, domain, district, [sub-]class, [sub]group * collection, kind, tribe, enclave

RB

སྡེ་ཚན་ category

RY

section, class, faction, order; unit, department, set; domain, district; subclass, subgroup, subsection; community, tribe; community, section, division, practitioners, section teaching, scripture, faction, order, unit, department, set, domain, district, sub-class, subgroup, subsection. army {rgyal po sde dang bcas} the king and his army