Glossary

Ranjana script

The Ranjana script, which is also known as Lantsa (or Lanydza) ལཉྫ་ in Tibetan, is one of the many alphabets derived from the Brahmi script.

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Six Ornaments

Tibetan: རྒྱན་དྲུག་, Wylie: rgyan drug. Six great commentators on the Buddha’s teachings. They are also included among the Seventeen Nalanda Masters. The Six Ornaments are:

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Tengyur

Tibetan: བསྟན་འགྱུར་་, Wylie: bstan ‘gyur, English: Translated Treatises. The Tibetan Buddhist Canon is divided into two: The actual words of the Buddha contained in the

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Two Supreme Ones

Tibetan: མཆོག་གཉིས་, Wylie: mchog gnyis. Two great Indian commentators on the Buddha’s teachings. They are also included among the Seventeen Nalanda Masters. The Two Supreme

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