Sanskirt/English -Tibetan
Word List
For the meanings of these words, search for the Tibetan terms in The Commentary on Mipham’s Sherab Raltri – The Blazing Lights of the Sun and Moon
abhi.sheka: dbang
abhidharma: mngon chos
absolute truth
absolute: don dam
accept and reject: blang ‘dor
act and effort: bya rtsol
action: spyod
adding and taking away: ‘du bral
affirmation and negation: dgag sgrub
affirmation: sgrub
negation: dgag
Akanishta: ‘og min
alaya: kun gzhi
alayavijnana: kun gzhi rnam par shes pa
all at once: cig char
all-pervading, all-encompassing: phyam gdal
all-sufficient: gcig chod
alpha-pure: ka dag
amrita: bdud rtsi
analysis: dpyod pa
antidotes: gnyen po
anu: a nu
appearance: snang ba
artificial: bcos
Aryan riches, 7,: ‘phags pa nor bdun
as it is: rang babs, rang sar, rang mal
asura: lha min
ati: a ti: rdzogs pa chen po
authentic: yang dag
Avalokiteshvara: spyan ras gzigs
Avici Hell: mnyal ba mnar med pa
awakened: sangs
awareness: shes pa
ayatanas, 12: skye mched bcu gnyis
bardo: bar do
bhagava[-t][-an]: bcom ldan ‘das
Bhrama: tshangs pa: Hindu creator god
bhramin bram ze
bhuta: byung po
bhuumi: sa
bias: ris
bindu: thig le
bodhicitta: byang chub sems
bodhisattva vehicle/yana
bodhisattva: byang chub sems dpa’
buddha activity: phrin las
buddha qualities: yon tan
Buddha qualities: sangs rgyas kyi yon tan
buddhadharmakaya: sangs rgyas chos kyi sku: = dharmakaya.
buddha[hood]: sangs rgyas
reasoning: rigs pa: see text
cause and condition: rgyu rkyen
ceaseless: ma ‘gags, ‘gag med.
certain: nges
characteristics: mtshan
charya yana: see theg pa dgu
co-emergent: lhan cig skyes pa
coarse: rags
collection of oral instructions: man ngag sde
compassion: thugs rje
complexity: spros pa
concept: rtog pa
conceptions: dmigs pa
confusion: ‘khrul pa
Conquerer: rgyal ba.
consciousness 5/6: rnam shes lnga/drug
consider: ltos
contrived: bcos
conventional: tha snyad
coronation vase: spyi blugs
created: bcos
crystal: shel [gong]
cutting through: khregs gcod
dakini: mkha’ ‘gro
dedicating the merit: bsod nams bsngo
defilements: dri ma
deity: lha
detail: rim pa
developing [stage]: bskyed [rim]
dharmakaya: chos sku
dharmata: chos nyid
dharma[s]: chos
Dharmdhatu: chos dbyings
dharmin: chos can
dhatu: dbyings, khams
dhatus, 18: khams bco brgyad
dhyana[s, 4]: bsam gtan bzhi
difference of different manifestations of a single essence: ngo bo gcig la ldog pa tha dad
difference that refutes one: gcig pa bkag pa tha dad
direct liberation: cer grol
discontinuity: rgyun chad
discriminating awareness wisdom: so so rtags pa’i ye shes
discriminating awareness: so so rang rig; so sor rtag pa
discursive thought: rnam rtog
display: bstan, bkod
disturbed: rnyog
doer of all: kun byed
don: gdon
drowsiness and discursiveness [wildness]: bying rgod
ego: bdag
eight consciousnesses: tshogs brgyad
eight examples of illusion: sgyu ma dpe brgyad
eight extremes: mtha’ brgyad
eight kinds of suffering: sdug bsngal brgyad
eight ordinary siddhis: dngos grub thun mong brgyad
eighteen dhatus: khams bco brgyad
element: khams, rigs
eliminate or establish: dgag sgrub
eliminate: log
emanation: sprul pa
embodiment: ‘du ba
empowerment: lung, dbang
emptiness with all the supreme aspects: rnam mchog kun ldan stong nyid
emptiness: stong nyid
empty: stong pa
enlightenment: byang chub
ennailment: gzer [bu]
environment and inhabitants: snod bcud, rten dang brten pa
equality: mnyam nyid
equanimity: mnyam nyid
essence: ngo bo [snying po]
establish: sgrub
eternal: ye
eternalism: rtag [lta]
etherial: sang seng
even: phyal ba
examination: brtags pa
examine: brtags pa
examin[e][ation]: dpyod pa
exhaustion: zad pa, rdzogs pa
exist: yod pa
experience: rang snang
experiences: nyams
extremes: [mu] mtha’
fabrication: bcos
false conception: kun btags
family: rigs
father tantra: pha rgyud
fine and coarse: rags phra
five aspects of sadhana: cho ga rnam pa lnga
five buddha activities: phrin las lnga
five buddhas: bcom ldan ‘das lnga:
five certainties: nges pa lnga
five colors: kha dog lnga
five desirables: a’dod pa lnga
five elements: ‘byung ba lnga
five enlightenments [manifestations of…]: byang chub lnga
five eyes: spyan lnga
five families: rigs lnga
five kayas: sku lnga
five paths: lam lnga
five perfections: phun sum tshogs pa lnga
five qualities: yon tan lnga
five root kleshas/ poisons: rtsa ba’i nyon mongs lnga
five skandhas: phung po lnga
five wisdoms: ye shes lnga
Five buddha families: see five buddhas, five families.
fixation and grasping: gzung ‘dzin
fixation, fixated object: gzung ba.
fixator, fixating subject: ‘dzin
fixed: nges
flickering [emanation etc]: ‘gyu ba
four extremes: mtha’ bzhi
four fearlessnesses: see text
four individual true apprehensions: meanings, words dharmas, powers.
four kayas: sku bzhi
four kinds of birth: skye ba bzhi
four legs of miracle: cho ‘phrul rkang pa bzhi
four manners of birth: skye tshul bzhi
four maras: bdud bzhi
four mudras: phyag rgya bzhi
four noble truths: ‘phags pa bden bzhi
four purities: see ch. 6
four reliances: see text
four seals: phyag rgya bzhi
four, the, propitiation and so on: bsnyen sgrub bzhi.
four times: dus bzhi
four ultimate realizations: rtogs pa bzhi
Four elements: khams/ ‘byung ba bzhi
Four immesurables: tshad med bzhi
freedom: grol ba
freedoms and favors, 18: dal ‘byor bcu brgyad: Ch. 1.
fresh and relaxed: lhang nge lhan ne
from all eternity: ye
fruition: ‘bras bu
fundamental luminosity = gting gsal
fundamental state: gzhi gnas [not = shamatha]
gandavyuuha: stugs po bkod pa
Gandha :Gandha: goddess of perfume.
gandharva: dri za
garbha: snying po
garuda: khyung
gather: ‘du ba.
gelong: dge slong
genuine: yang dag
exaggeration: sgro ‘dogs
good and evil: bzang ngan
gotra: rigs
grasper & grasped: gzung ‘dzin
grasper/grasping [subject]: ‘dzin pa
great full ocean: gang chen mtsho
great perfection: rdzogs pa chen po
ground: gzhi
groundless: gzhi med
guard samaya: dam tshig srung ba
Guru Rinpoche: Second Buddha of Uddiyana = Padmasambhava
guru: bla ma
heart-[essence]: snying po
higher perceptions: mngon shes
higher realms: mtho ris
highest yoga: shin tu rnal ‘byor
hinayana: theg dman
hungry ghosts: yi dwags
ignorance: ma rig pa
Immense ocean: gang chen tsho: AKA rnam snang
incidental: glo bur
included: ‘du ba, ‘dril ba, ‘ub chub
individual insight: so so rang rig
individuating characteristics: rang mtshan
Indra: brgya byin
insight: rig pa
instantly: skad gcig par, cig car
intellect: yid [special cases]
intellect-consciousness: yid kyi rnam shes
intention: dgongs pa
interdependent arising: rten ‘brel ‘byung ba
intrinsic-: rang-, rang bzhin gyis-
Ishvara: “the Lord,”a Hindu creator god.
jets¸n: rje btsun
jewel: in context of three jewels dkon mchog
jnana: ye shes
jnanasattva: ye shes sems dpa’
kagy¸: bka’ brgyud
kalpa: bskal pa
kama: desire
karma: las
kaya: sku
khen[po]: Buddhist scholar
kinnara: mi’am ci
klesha: nyon mongs
knowledge: shes pa
kriya: kri ya, bya rgyud
liberation: grol ba
limit: rgya chad
limitless as the sky: mkha’ mnyam
loka: sems can rigs drug
lokayata: rgyang phan
Longchenpa: klong chen [rab ‘byams] pa
LongdÈ: klong sde
Lord of death: shin rje
lord: mgon pa, bdag po, mnga dbang, rje
lower realms: ngan ‘gro
luminosity: [‘od] gsal
luminous appearances of what does not exist: med pa gsal snang.
luminous: [‘od] gsal
madhamaka: dbu ma
madhyamaka
madhyamaka: dbu ma
magic wand: sgrib shing
mahamudra: phyag rgya chen po
mahasandhi: rdzogs pa chen po
mahasattva: sems dpa’ chen po
mahasukha: bde ba chen
mahasukhakaya: bde ba chen po’i sku
mahatma: bdag pa chen po
mahayana: theg chen
Maheshvara: dbang po chen po
maintain: skyong
Maitreya: byams pa
major and minor marks: mtshan dpe
Major and minor marks of a buddha: mtshan dang dpe byad
mandala: dkyil ‘khor
manifest: mngon gsum
Manjushri: a’jam dpal
mantra: sngags
mantrayana: sngags kyi theg pa
Manjushri
mara: bdud
marks: mtshan
measure: tshad
meditation: bsgom pa, mnyam bshag, bsam gtan
memory: dran pa
prasangika: thal a’gyur: see text
mental contents: sems las ‘byung ba
middle: bar
mind: sems, yid
Mind: [itself][-nature of] sems nyid
mind-only: sems tsam
mindfulness dran pa
Mipham: mi pham
miracle: cho ‘phrul
Mount Meru: ri rgyal rab
mudra: phyag rgya
Muni: thub pa
nada: na da
nadi: rtsa
nadis, three: rtsa gsum
naga: klu
natural state: gnas lugs, rnal ma
natural: rang byung, rang bzhin gyis etc.
nature: rang bzhin, gzhis
negation: dgag
neither established nor cleared away: sgrub bsal med
net: rgya, dra ba
neutral: lung ma bstan
nihilism: chad [lta]
nine yanas: theg pa dgu
nirmanakaya: sprul sku
Nirvana: mya ngan las ‘das pa, zhi
noble ones: ‘phags pa
non-dual: gnyis med
non-men: mi ma yin
non-obstruction: ‘gags med: zang ka
non-thought: mi rtog pa
not adding and subtracting (taking away): ‘du bral med
Nyingma: rnying ma
Kagyu: bka’a brgyud
Gelugpa: dge lugs pa
nyingthig: snying thig
object, kaya: yul sku: the object of enlightened perception is the kayas, having the essence emptiness and the nature of luminosity.
object: yul
obscuration: sgrib
offering substance: rdzas
omniscience: kun mkhyen, thams cad mkhyen pa[‘i ye shes]
one taste: ro gcig
one’s own insight: rang gi rig pa
one’s own seat: rang mal
opposite: ltos
oral instructions: man ngag:
ornament: rgyan
overturned: ru log
pandit: scholar
paramita: pha rol tu phyin pa
paratantra: gzhan dbang
parikalpita: kun btags
parinishpanna: yongs grub
partiality: phyogs
particularizing characteristics: rang mtshan
pass the pass: la bzla ba
path of splendor of vivid rainbow colors: khra lam lam
path: lam
perceiver, wisdom: yul can ye shes
perception: dmigs pa
perfect: rdzogs
perfecting stage: rdzogs rim
perfect[ing] yoga: yongs su rnal ‘byor
pervasion, backward pervasion.
phenomena: rnam pa
phenomenal world: snang srid
pith: gnad
play: rol
post-meditation: rjes thob
power: rtsal
powers [of mind]: dbang po
prajna: shes rab
prajnaparamita: shes rab pha rol tu phyin pa
pramana: tshad ma
prana: rlung
prasangika: thal ‘gyur pa
pratyekabuddha: rang rgyal
preta: yi dwags
primordial purity of wakefulness: ye sangs
primordial space: gdod ma’i dbyings
primordial: gdod nas, thog nas, ye
projection: [rang] snang, kun btags, rang gzugs
provisional meaning: drang don
puja: mchod pa, cho ga
pure appearance: dag snang
pure bhuumis: dag pa sa
purified: dag, sangs, sbyangs
qualities: mtshan, mtshon
rakshasas: srin po
real: don du, dgnos
realization: rtogs pa, dgongs pa
recognize: ngos bzung
reference point: gtad [so]
relative truth: kun rdzob bden pa
relative: kun rdzob
renunciation and realization: spangs rtogs.
resolve: gtan la ‘bebs pa
rich display: ‘byor ba’i bkod
rigdzin: (enlightened)awareness holder
royal treasures, 7: rin chen sna bdun
rupakaya: gzugs sku
pure appearance: dag snang
sadhana: sgrub thabs, cho ga
Sage: thub pa, the Buddha
Saha: This world called the realm of endurance.
Sakyong: sa skyong: earth preotecting (king)
samadhi: ting nge ‘dzin,
Samantabhadra : kun tu bzang po [mo]
samapatti: snyoms ‘jug
samaya: dam tshig
samayasattva: dam tshig sems dpa’
sambhogakaya: longs [spyod rdzogs pa’i] sku
sampannakrama: rdzogs rim
Samsara: ‘khor ba: srid pa
Sangha: dge ‘dun
Saraha: Sa ra ha
Sarasvati: consort of Shiva
sattva: sems dp’a
sautrantika school: mdo sde pa
sautrantika: mdo sde pa
sealing: rgyas thebs: phyag rgya
Second Buddha of Uddiyana: Padmasambhava = Guru Rinpoche
Self existing equanimity: lhun [grub] mnyam [pa nyid]
self-existing: lhun grub, rang gnas
self-insight: rang rig
self-liberation: rang grol
self-luminosity: rang gsal:
self-nature: rang ngo
self-subsiding: rang yal
SemdÈ: sems sde
separation of clearing away: dbye bsal
seven fold service: prostration, offering, confession, rejoicing, requesting to teach, asking the teacher to remain, dedicating the merit.
seventeen tantras: man ngag sde rgyud bcu bdun.
Shakyamuni: sha kya’i thub pa
Shamatha: gzhi gnas
Shastra: bstan bcos
shentong: gzhan stong
Shiva: drag po, dbang po
shloka: sho lo ka
shravaka: nyan thos
shunyata: stong nyid
siddhi: dgnos grub
sign: rtags: tshad
simple: spros bral
simplicity: spros bral
single dot: nyag gcig
six ayatanas: ske mched drug
six higher perceptions: see mngon shes
six lokas: rigs drug
six perfections/ paramitas: pha rol tu phyin pa drug
six realms of beings: rigs drug1
six senses: tshogs drug, dbang drug
skandhas: phung po
sky: nam mkha’
solid: dgnos
space of the dhatu: dbyings
space: dbyings, go, [nam] mkha’, bar snang
Space: [Spaciousness] klong
spheres of activity: spyod yul
spheres of apprehension: spyod yul
spontaneous: lhun grub
stage: rim pa
sthavira: = elders. The original hinayana Buddhist monastic style Sugata
straying: gol [sa]
Subhuti: rab ‘byor
subject: yul can
substance: rdzas
subtle: phra ba
subtlest: shin tu phra ba
suchness: [de][ji] bzhin nyid
sugata: bde gshegs pa
sugatagarbha: bde [bar] gshegs [pa’i] snying po
suitable establishing, and nature
support and supported: rten dang brten pa
Surya: the Hindu sun god.
sutra: A discourse of the Buddha in the mahayana
sutra: mdo
svatantrika: rang rgyud
svatantrika: rang rgyud: see text
taking and leaving: btang bshag
taming: ‘dul ba
tantra: A discourse of the Buddha in the vajrayana
tantra: rgyud
Tara: taa ra, sgrol ma
tathagata: de bzhin shegs pa
ten bhuumis: sa bcu
ten dharmic activities: chos spyod bcu
ten directions: phyogs bcu
the 5 pranas: rlung lnga
the dhatu: khams: = dharmadhatu
the four abhishekas/ empowerments: dbang bzhi
the four reasonings: those of dependence, productive action, three jewels
the Nature: ngo bo
thing: dgnos po
things as they are: gnas lugs [tshul]
three gates: sgo gsum
three jewels: dkon mchog gsum
three kinds of suffering: sdug bsngal gsum
three mandalas: dkyil ‘khor gsum
three modes: presence of the reason in the subject, forward three natures
three natures: rang bzhin gsum
three poisons/kleshas: dug gsum
three pramanas: scripture, perception, and inference
three purities: dag pa gsum
three samadhis: ting nge ‘dzin gsum
three times: dus gsum
three worlds [realms]: srid gsum, khams gsum
Three levels: sa gsum
tirthika: mu stegs: Hindu, extremist.
tonglen: gtong len
training on the bhuumis: sa sbyang
transmission: ngo sprod
transparent: zang thal
trikaya: sku gsum
true meaning: nges don
tummo: gtum mo
turning the wheel of dharma: chos kyi ‘khor lo ‘khor.
twelve ayatanas: skye mched bcu gnyis
twelve divisions of the Buddha’s sutra teachings: bstan pa’i dbye ba bcu gnyis
twelve links of interdependent origination: see ch. 8 rten a’brel
two acumulations: tshogs gnyis: accumulation of merit and wisdom.
two benefits: don gnyis
two bodhicittas: byang chub sems gnyi
two cessations: ‘gogs pa gnyis
two kayas: sku gnyis: dharmakaya and rupakaya, chos sku and gzugs sku.
two obscurations: kleshas and knowables.
twofold purity: dag pa gnyis
ultimate point: ‘gag bsdam
unborn: skye ba med
uncompounded: ‘du ma byas
universal: [rab] ‘byams
unmixed: ma ‘dres
unobstructed: ‘gag med, thogs med, zang ka
upa/ charya: u pa, spyod rgyud
upaya: thabs
upayayoga: = upa
utpattikrama: bskyed rim
vaibhashika: bye brag pa
vajra holder: rdo rje ‘dzin pa
vajra master: rdo rje slob dpon
vajra: rdo rje
Vajradhara: rdo rje chang
vajradhatu: rdo rje dbyings
vajrakaya: rdo rje sku
Vajrapani: lag na rdo rje
Vajrasattva: rdo rje sems dpa’
vajrayana: rdo rje theg pa
vasana: bag chags
vase of coronation: spyi blugs
vast: yangs
vessel and essence: snod bcud
Victorious One: rgyal ba
vidya mantra: rigs snang
vidyadhara: knowledge holder
vidyadhara: rig ‘dzin
vinaya: ‘dul ba
vipashyana: lhag mthong
virtues: yon tan
Vishnu: khyab ‘jug
vision: dgongs pa
visualize: bskyed
vividness: sal le ba
wisdom of equality: mnyam nyid ye shes
wisdom of extent: ji snyed pa’i ye shes
wisdom of nature: ji lta ba’i ye shes
wisdom: ye shes
wish-fulfilling gem: yid bzhin nor bu
without support: rten med
without transition and change: pho ‘gyur med.
two truths: bden gnyis
yana: theg pa
yanas of cause and characteristics: rgyu mtshan theg pa
ye: primordial There is no creation or creator in Buddhism. The nature is beginningless and eternal, much as God is described.
yidam: yi dam
yoga tantra: yo ga: rnal ‘byor [rgyud]
yogachara: sems tsam, rnal ‘byor spyod