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Glossaries
NOTE: Though I had intended to include comprehensive English-Sanskrit-Tibetan glossaries here, as a contribution to the further development of esoteric Buddhist lexicography, limitations of space and time have rendered this impracticable.
A tilde (~) before Tibetan entries indicates an attested equivalent that I judge to be either erroneous or imperfect.
English-Sanskrit-Tibetan Glossary
| English | Sanskrit | Tibetan |
| abode | āśraya | gnas |
| accomplished [nature], perfection, completely perfected | pariniṣpanna | yongs su grub pa, yongs su rdzogs pa |
| accomplishment | siddhi | dngos grub, grub |
| action, function, rite | karman | las |
| activity | karaṇa | bya ba |
| activity | kriyā | bya ba |
| acute | nipuṇa | mdzangs |
| adamant, adamantine | vajra | rdo rje |
| adamantine body | vajradeha | rdo rje lus |
| adamantine body samādhi | vajra-bimbopamaṃ-samādhi | ting nge 'dzin rdo rje'i gzugs lta bu |
| adamantine gnosis | vajra-jñāna | rdo rje'i ye shes |
| adamantine samādhi | vajropama-samādhi | rdo rje lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin |
| Adamantine Way | vajrayāna | rdo rje theg pa |
| æon | kalpa | bskal pa |
| æsthetic mood | rasa | ro |
| afterlife | paraloka | 'jig rten pha rol |
| aggregate | skandha | phung po |
| aim | kṛtya, kārya | bya ba, don |
| aim | artha | don |
| air | vāyu, māruta | rlung |
| air element | vāyu-dhātu | rlung gi khams |
| air reality | vāyu-tattva | rlung gi de kho na nyid |
| Ākāśagarbha | ākāśagarbha | nam mkha'i snying po |
| Akṣobhya | akṣobhya | mi bskyod pa |
| alchemy | rasāyana | ra sa ya na |
| ambrosia | amṛta | bdud rtsi |
| Amitābha | amitābha | snang ba mtha' yas, 'od dpag tu med pa |
| Amoghasiddhi | amoghasiddhi | don yod grub pas |
| analogy | aupamya | dpe |
| animal realm | tiryag-yoni | dud 'gro'i skye gnas |
| animate | jaṅgama | rgyu ba |
| anxiety | cakita | dogs pa dang bcas pa |
| anxiety | kaukṛtya | 'gyod pa |
| aphorism | paryāya | rnam grangs |
| apocalypse | pralaya | 'jig pa |
| appearance | ākṛti | rnam pa |
| appearance | ākāra | rnam pa |
| āralli | āralli | a ra li |
| arduous practices | duṣkara-caryā | spyod pa dka' ba |
| array | vinyāsa | rnam par dgod pa |
| arrogance | māna | khengs pa (nga rgyal) |
| art | upāya | thabs |
| ascending [air] | udāna | gyen rgyu, steng du rgyu ba |
| ascetical practice | niyama | brtul zhugs |
| attainer | prāpaka | thob par bya ba |
| attendant | anucarī | rjes su spyod pa |
| audible vocalization | śabda-ruta | sgra grag pa |
| auspicious | śiva | zhi ba |
| authentic | sadbhāva | yang dag pa |
| bad | aśubha | mi dge ba |
| bad rebirth | durgati | ngan 'gro |
| basis | āśraya | gnas |
| bearer of gnosis | jñāna-vāhinī | ye shes 'ba' zhig pa nyid |
| beatific body | sambhogakāya | rdzogs longs spyod pa'i sku |
| beginner | ādikarmika | las dang po pa |
| beginningless [time] | anādi | thog ma med pa |
| being | sattva, jana, jagat, jantu | sems can, 'gro ba, skye bo |
| bell | ghaṇṭā | dril bu |
| beloved | priyā | |
| between-being | antarābhava | srid pa bar ma pa |
| beyond the senses | atīndriya | dbang po las 'das pa |
| bhusuku | bhusuku | bhu su ku |
| bile | pitta | mkhris pa |
| birth | janman | skye ba |
| birthless | anutpāda | skye ba med pa |
| blame | nindā | smad pa |
| blink of an eye | nimiṣa | mig btsums |
| Blissful One | sugata | bde bar gshegs pa |
| bodhisattva | bodhisattva | byang chub sems dpa' |
| bodiless | amūrti[ka] | lus med pa |
| bodily token | kāya-cchomā | lus kyi brda |
| body | kāya, deha, bimba, mūrti, śarīra, vigraha, kalevara | lus, sku |
| body isolation | kāya-viveka | lus rnam par dben pa |
| body vajra | kāya-vajra | sku rdo rje |
| boldness | sāhasa | dka' ba la sbyor ba |
| bond | bandhana, prabandha | bcing ba, 'ching ba |
| bow of Indra | indra-dhanu | lha'i dbang po'i gzhu |
| breath | niḥśvāsa, śvāsa | dbugs |
| brilliance | prabhāsvara | 'od gsal ba |
| buddha | buddha | sangs rgyas |
| buddha-field | buddha-kṣetra | sangs rgyas kyi zhing |
| buddhahood | buddhatva | sangs rgyas nyid |
| cause | hetu, kāraṇa | rgyu |
| ceaseless, unceasing | anirodha | 'gag pa med pa |
| celestial palace | kūṭāgāra | gzhal yas khang |
| characteristic | lakṣaṇa | mtshan nyid |
| character-less | alakṣaṇa | mtshan nyid med pa |
| charnel ground | śmaśāna | dur khrod |
| chief principle | pradhāna | gtso |
| city of gandharvas | gandharva-nagara | dri za'i grong khyer |
| clan | kula | rigs |
| clinging to [material] things | bhāva-graha | dngos por 'dzin pa |
| coarse | sthūla | rags pa |
| color, phoneme | varṇa | kha dog |
| commission | adhyāpanna | spyod pa |
| common | sāmānya | tha mal pa |
| common knowledge | loke niścaya | nges pa |
| communion | yuganaddha | zung du 'brel pa, zung du 'jug pa |
| co-moving [air] | saṃvāha | yang dag par rgyu ba |
| companion | sahacarī | lhan cig spyod pa |
| comparable | upameya | ~mi srid pa |
| compassion | karuṇā, kāruṇya | snying rje |
| completely perfected | pariniṣpanna | yongs su grub pa, yongs su rdzogs pa |
| completely without elaboration | atyanta-niṣprapañcatā | shin tu spros pa med pa |
| completely-pure gnosis of the Realm of Reality | suviśuddha-dharmadhātu-jñānaṃ | chos kyi dbyings rnam par dag pa'i ye shes |
| conceit | manana | rlom sems |
| concept, conceptuality, | vikalpa | rnam par rtog pa, rnam rtog |
| conceptualizing, conception | ||
| conch shell | śaṅkha | dung chos |
| condiment | vyañjana | tshod mo |
| condition | pratyaya | rkyen |
| condition | avasthā | gnas skabs |
| confidence | adhimukti | lhag par mos pa |
| confusion | bhrānti | 'khrul pa |
| conjunction | sannipāta | 'dus pa |
| connate | sahaja | lhan cig skyes pa |
| conscious intention | vijñāna-saṅkalpa | rnam par shes pa'i kun du rtog pa |
| consciousness | vijñāna | rnam par shes pa |
| consecrated | adhiṣṭhita | byin gyis brlabs pa |
| consecration | adhiṣṭhāna | byin gyis brlabs pa |
| consequences of action | karmānta | las kyi mtha' |
| consonant, `letter' | vyañjana | gsal byed |
| consort | mudrā | phyag rgya |
| consort discipline | vidyā-vrata | rig pa'i brtul zhugs |
| constituted of | adhiṣṭhita | byin gyis brlabs pa |
| constitution [of] | adhiṣṭhāna | byin gyis brlabs pa |
| consummation | paryanta | mthar thug pa |
| contact, tactile object | sparśa | reg pa |
| Contentious Era | kali-yuga | rtsod pa'i dus |
| context of exertion | ghaṭamānāvasthā | slob bzhin pa'i gnas skabs |
| continuum, linked continuity | tantu, prabandha | rgyun, rgyud |
| conveyance | vāhana | bzhon pa |
| corpse | kalevara (kaḍevara) | lus, phung po |
| court poems | kāvya | snyan dngags |
| crafty | śaṭha | g.yo |
| craving, thirst | tṛṣṇā | sred pa, skom pa |
| creation | utpatti | bskyed pa, skye ba |
| creation stage, creation process | utpattikrama | bskyed pa'i rim pa |
| critical wisdom | prajñā | shes rab |
| critical wisdom and liberative technique | prajñopāya | nas shes rab dang thabs |
| crown prince | rāja-kumāra | rgyal po'i bu gzhon nu |
| crown-protrusion | uṣṇīṣa | gtsug gtor |
| crucial point | artha-vaśa | don gyi dbang |
| cryptic expressions | nigūḍha-śabda | sgra sbas pa |
| crystal | sphaṭika | shel |
| ḍākinī | ḍākinī | mkha' 'gro ma |
| darkness | tāmasā | mun pa |
| death, passing away | maraṇa | 'chi ba |
| deceitful | kapaṭa | sgyu |
| deed | kriyā | bya ba |
| deep investigation | parāmarṣa | yongs su tshol ba |
| defilement | saṅkleśa, kleśa | kun nas nyon mongs pa, nyon mongs pa |
| definitive meaning | nītārtha | nges pa'i don |
| delicacies | bhojya | myang, bca' ba |
| deluded | mohita | rmongs pa |
| delusion | avidyā | ma rig pa |
| dependent co-origination | pratītya-samutpāda | rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba |
| depression | kheda | skyo ba |
| desire | kāma | 'dod pa |
| Desire Realm | kāmadhātu | 'dod pa'i khams |
| destruction | abhicāruka | mngon spyod |
| devotion | bhakti, parāyaṇa | mos, mchog tu gzhol ba |
| Dharma | dharma | chos |
| digits | pratyaṅga | nying lag |
| disagreeable | viṣama | mi zad pa |
| discernment | sañjñā | 'du shes |
| dispassion | virāga | 'dod chags dang bral ba |
| dissolving [process] | anubheda | rjes su gzhig pa, gzhig pa |
| distinctive term | pṛthak-sañjñā | ming tha dad pa |
| divine body | devatā-vigraha | lha'i sku |
| divine form | devatā-rūpa | lha'i sku |
| divine perception | devatopalabdhika | lha ru nye bar dmigs pa |
| divine, divinity, deity | devatā | lha |
| divinity reality | devatā-tattva | lha'i de kho na nyid |
| divinity-body | devatā-mūrti | lha'i sku |
| domain | viṣaya | yul |
| domination | vaśya | dbang |
| doubt | saṃśaya | som nyi |
| dream | svapna | rmi lam |
| dreamlike | svapnopama | rmi lam lta bu, rmi lam dang 'dra ba |
| dual | dvaya | gnyis pa |
| dwelling | nilaya | gnas |
| dwelling place | āśraya | gnas, brten pa |
| earth | māhendra | dbang chen |
| echo | pratiśrutka | brag ca |
| effect | kārya | 'bras bu |
| effortless | anābhoga | lhun gyis grub pa |
| eight great powers | aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi | grub pa chen po brgyad |
| eight superhuman powers | aṣṭaguṇaiśvarya | yon tan gyi dbang phyug brgyad |
| eight worldly concerns | aṣṭa-loka-dharma | 'jig rten gyi chos brgyad |
| elegant | śṛṅgāra | snyan |
| element | dhātu | khams |
| elemental derivative | bhautika | 'byung ba las gyur pa |
| elixir of immortality | rasāyana | ra sa ya na |
| eloquence | pratibhāna | spobs pa |
| emanated body | nirmāṇa-kāya | sprul pa'i sku |
| emancipation | apavarga, niryāṇa | nges par 'byung ba |
| embracing | āliṅgana | 'khyud pa |
| emerging, emergence | vyutthāna | ldang ba |
| emitting, flowing-forth | spharaṇa | spro ba, 'byung ba |
| empty | rikta | gso ba |
| enjoyment | paribhoga, upabhoga | longs spyod, spyod pa |
| enlightenment | abhisambodhi, bodhi | mngon par rdzogs par byang chub pa, byang chub |
| enlightenment process | abhisambodhi-krama, sambodhikrama | mngon par byang chub pa'i rim pa |
| entering | praveśa | 'jug pa |
| enunciation | pravyāhāra | smra ba, brjod pa |
| envy | mātsarya | phrag dog |
| equality gnosis | samatā-jñāna | mnyam pa nyid kyi ye shes |
| equipoised | samāpanna | snyoms par zhugs pa |
| era | yuga | dus |
| erotic play | krīḍā | rol mo |
| eroticism | śṛṅgāra | steg pa |
| erudite | bahu-śruta | mang du thos pa |
| essenceless, insubstantial, naturelessness, essencelessness | niḥsvabhāva | dngos med, dngos po med pa |
| essencelessness | niḥsvabhāva | dngos med |
| establishment | siddhi | dgnos grub, grub |
| ethics | śīla | tshul khrims |
| etymological explanation | nirukti | sgra'i nges pa'i tshig |
| evacuative [air] | apāna | thur du sel ba |
| evil | aśubha | mi dge ba |
| excellent | sādhu | legs, legs so |
| exhalation | ucchvāsa | dbugs 'byin pa, dbugs 'byung ba |
| exhaustion | klamatha | dub pa |
| existence | bhava | srid pa |
| exoteric sciences | bāhya-śāstra | ~dang po'i bstan bcos |
| experience | bhāva | dngos po |
| explanatory tantra | vyākhyā-tantra | bshad pa'i rgyud |
| extraction of the mantra | mantroddhāra | sngags btu ba |
| extremely void | atiśūnya | shin tu stong pa |
| eye | cakṣu | mig |
| eye of gnosis | jñāna-cakṣu | ye shes kyi mig |
| facticity | dharmatā | chos nyid |
| faith | śraddhā | dad pa |
| fame | yaśas | grags pa |
| fault | doṣa | nyes pa |
| fear | bhīta | 'jigs pa |
| feeling | vedanā | tshor ba |
| financial means | vibhava | 'byor ba |
| fine atoms | paramāṇu | rdul phra rab |
| finger-snapping | acchaṭā | se gol |
| fire | tejas, hutabhug, agni | me |
| fire-offering-pit | kuṇḍa | thab khung |
| five ambrosias | pañcāmṛta | bdud rtsi'i chu |
| five gnoses | pañca-jñāna | ye shes lnga |
| five objects of [sense] desire | pañcakāmaguṇa | 'dod pa'i yon tan lnga |
| five realms [of rebirth] | gati-pañcaka, pañcagati | 'gro ba lnga |
| five subjects | pañca-jñāna | shes pa lnga |
| fivefold process | pañca-krama | go rims rnam pa lnga |
| fixed | sthita | gnas pa |
| flavor | rasa | ro |
| flesh | māṃsa | sha |
| flirtation | vilāsa | rnam par rol pa, rnam par sgeg pa |
| folk, world | loka | 'jig rten pa |
| food | āhāra, bhakṣya | kha zas, bza' ba, zas |
| foot | pāda | zhabs |
| force | sāmarthya | stobs |
| form | rūpa | gzugs |
| form, appearance | ākāra | rnam pa |
| formless | arūpin, nirākāra | gzugs med pa, rnam pa med pa |
| fortitude | utsāha | spro ba |
| foundation | ālaya, āśraya | gnas, gzhi |
| foundationless | anālaya | gzhi med pa, gnas med pa |
| four continents | catur-dvīpa | gling bzhi |
| Four Noble Truths | caturāryasatya | 'phags pa'i bden pa rnam pa bzhi |
| four pure abodes | catur-brahma-vihāra | tshangs pa'i gnas pa bzhi |
| four voids | śūnya-catuṣṭaya | stong pa nyid rnam pa bzhi |
| fourfold procedure | caturvidha-nyāya | tshul rnam pa bzhi |
| free of impurity | anāsrava | zag pa med |
| free of perception, radianceless | nirābhāsa | snang ba med pa |
| fruit, result | phala | 'bras bu |
| function | karman | las |
| function | kriyā | bya ba |
| function | vyāpāra | las, bya ba |
| function-accomplishing gnosis | kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñānaṃ | bya ba sgrub pa'i ye shes |
| gain | lābha | rnyed pa |
| Ganges river | gaṅgā | gaṅgā |
| gas | vāta | rlung |
| generosity | dāna | sbyin pa |
| ghee | ghṛta | mar |
| glorious | śrī | dpal |
| gnosis | jñāna | shes pa |
| gnosis being | jñāna-sattva | ye shes sems dpa' |
| gnosis consort | jñāna-mudrā | ye shes kyi phyag rgya |
| gnosis of brilliance | prabhāsvara-jñāna | 'od gsal ye shes |
| gnosis of critical-wisdom | prajñā-jñāna | shes rab kyi ye shes |
| gnosis of imminence | ālokopalabdha-jñāna | snang ba nye bar thob pa'i ye shes |
| gnosis of individuating discernment | pratyavekṣaṇā-jñānaṃ | so sor rtog pa'i ye shes |
| gnosis of liberative art | upāya-jñāna | thabs kyi ye shes |
| gnosis-body | jñāna-mūrti | ye shes kyi sku |
| goddess | devī | lha mo |
| good and evil | śubhāśubha | dge ba dang mi dge ba |
| good deed | sucarita | legs par spyod pa |
| good rebirth | sugati | bde 'gro |
| good thing | dharma | chos |
| good, virtuous | kuśala, śubha | dge ba |
| grace | prasāda | bka' drin |
| gradual process | krama-vṛtti | rim gyis 'jug pa |
| gradually | kramaśaḥ | rim gyis, rim gyis 'jug pas |
| grammar | vyākaraṇa | byā ka ra ṇa |
| grave | guru | lci bar gyur pa |
| great bliss | mahāsukha | bde ba chen po |
| great caring | mahākṛpā | snying rje chen po |
| great elephant | mahānāga | glang po chen po |
| Great Hero | mahāvīra | dpa' bo chen po |
| great one | mahāsattva | sems dpa' chen po |
| great person | mahāpuruṣa | skyes bu chen po |
| Great Sage | mahāmuni | thub pa chen po |
| Great Seal | mahāmudrā | phyag rgya chen po |
| great void | mahāśūnya | stong pa chen po |
| Great Yoga | mahāyoga | rnal 'byor chen po |
| Great Yoga Tantra | mahāyoga-tantra | rnal 'byor chen po'i rgyud |
| habitat | ādhāra | rten |
| harem | antaḥpura | btsun mo'i tshogs |
| hatred | dveṣa | zhe sdang |
| heap | rāśi | spungs pa |
| heart | cetas | sems |
| heaven | svarga | mtho ris |
| hell | naraka | dmyal ba, dmyal, sems can dmyal ba |
| hero | vīra | dpa' bo |
| hero's march samādhi | sūraṅgama-samādhi | dpa' bar 'gro ba'i ting nge 'dzin |
| heroism | vīrya | brtson pa, brtson 'grus |
| hide-bound | prāvacanika | gsung rab |
| holistic [process] | piṇḍagraha | ril por 'dzin pa |
| Holy Teaching | saddharma | dam pa'i chos |
| host-maṇḍala | gaṇa-maṇḍala | tshogs kyi dkyil 'khor |
| human | nara | mi |
| hundred clans | śata-kula | rigs brgya |
| hunger | kṣut | bkres pa |
| ignorance | moha | gti mug |
| I-habit | ahaṅkāra | ngar 'dzin pa, bdag tu rlom pa |
| illicit sex | agamyāgamana | ~'gro ba dang 'ong ba |
| illusionist | māyākāra | sgyu ma mkhan |
| images, radiance | avabhāsa | gzugs su snang ba, snang bar byed pa |
| imaginative yoga | kalpita-yoga | rtog pa'i rnal 'byor |
| immaterial | arūpa | gzugs med pa |
| immediate | yugapat | cig car |
| imminence gnosis | upalabdha-jñāna | nye bar thob pa'i ye shes |
| impassioned, red | rakta | kun du chags pa, dmar ba |
| imperceptible | avijñaptika | rnam par rig pa med pa |
| imperishable | akṣaya | mi zad pa, zad pa med pa |
| impermanent, impermanence | anitya | chad pa, mi rtag pa |
| impurity | mala | dri ma |
| inanimate | jaḍa, sthāvara | bems po, mi rgyu ba |
| inclination | āśaya | bsam pa |
| inconceivable | acintya | bsam gyis mi khyab pa |
| incorporeal | nirākāra | rnam pa med pa |
| indivisible | abheda, abhedya | dbyer med, mi phyed pa |
| Indra's [rain]bow | indrāyudha | 'ja' tshon |
| inexpressible | anabhilāpya, anākhyeya, avācya | brjod du med pa, ming med, tshig med pa, brjod med pa |
| inference | anumāna | rjes su dpag pa |
| inhabitant | ādheya | brten pa |
| inhalation | praśvāsa | dbyugs rngub pa, rngub par 'gyur ba |
| initiation | abhiṣeka | dbang bskur ba |
| instant | lava | thang cig |
| instantaneously | jhaṭiti | skad cig tsam gyis |
| insubstantial | niḥsvabhāva | dngos med |
| intellection | cintā | sems dpa' (sems pa) |
| intelligence, intellect | buddhi | blo, blo gros |
| intention | abhiprāya | dgongs pa |
| intentional speech | sandhyāya-vacana | dgongs te gsungs pa |
| intentional speech, allusive expression | sandhyā-vacana | dgongs pas bshad pa |
| intentional speech, spoken of intentionally | sandhyāya-bhāṣita, sandhyāya-vākya | dgongs par bshad, dgongs pa'i tshig |
| interpretable meaning | neyārtha | drang ba'i don |
| intrinsic character | sva-lakṣaṇa | rang gi mtshan nyid |
| introspectively known | pratyātmavedya | so so rang rig pa, rang gis rig pa, so so rang rig par gyur pa, so so rang gis rig pa |
| irreversible | avaivartika | phyir mi ldog pa |
| irrigation machine | ghaṭī-yantra | zo chun gyi 'khrul 'khor |
| isolated | vivikta | dben pa |
| jargon expressions | ruta | sgra ji bzhin ma yin pa |
| jewel | ratna | rin po che, rin chen |
| joy | ānanda | kun dga' |
| just as it is | yathābhūta | ji lta ba bzhin du |
| kindness | anukampā | [thugs] brtse ba |
| kissing | cumbana | 'o byed pa |
| Kṣitigarbha | kṣitigarbha | sa'i snying po |
| language | ruta | skad |
| languid | stabdha | dal [ba] |
| learned one | paṇḍita | mkhas pa |
| learning, instruction | śikṣā, śruta | bslab pa thos pa |
| letter | vyañjana | yi ge |
| letter | lipika | yi ge |
| liberation | mokṣa | thar pa, grol ba |
| liberative art, technique, art | upāya | thabs |
| life | jīvita, jāti | srog, tshe rabs |
| life-cycle, saṃsāra | saṃsāra | 'khor ba |
| light | prabhā | 'od |
| light ray, beam | kiraṇa, raśmi | 'od zer |
| limbs | aṅga | yan lag |
| limitless | ananta | mtha' yas pa |
| literal meaning | yathāruta | sgra ji bzhin pa |
| Locanā, (Buddha) Locanā | locanā | spyan, sangs rgyas spyan |
| logical consequence | prasaṅga | thal ba |
| logical disputation | tarka | rtog |
| logicians | tārkika | rtog ge pa |
| Lokeśvara | lokeśvara | 'jig rten dbang phyug |
| Lord | bhagavant | bcom ldan 'das |
| lord of the ten stages | daśabhūmīśvara | sa bcu'i dbang phyug |
| loss | alābha | ma rnyed pa |
| lotus (vagina) | padma | padma |
| lovely | lalita | rgya che ba |
| lovemaking | surata | rab tu dga' ba |
| lower rebirth | apāya | ngan 'gro, ngan song |
| luminance, light | āloka | snang ba |
| luminance-imminence | ālokopalabdha[ka] | snang ba nye bar thob pa, snang ba thob pa |
| luminance-radiance | ālokābhāsa | snang ba mched pa |
| lump | piṇḍa | gong bu |
| machine | yantra | 'khrul 'khor |
| mad discipline | unmatta-vrata | smyon pa'i brtul zhugs |
| Mahāvairocana | mahāvairocana | ~rnam par snang mdzad |
| Māmakī | māmakī | mā ma kī |
| maṇḍala, orb | maṇḍala | dkyil 'khor |
| manifest | vyakta | gsal ba |
| manifestation | pravṛtti | 'jug pa |
| manner | rūpa, krama, yoga, nyāya | gzugs, rim pa, rim, tshul |
| mantra | mantra | sngags |
| mantra body | mantra-mūrti | sngags kyi lus |
| mantra reality | mantra-tattva | sngags kyi de kho na nyid |
| mantrin | mantrin | sngags pa |
| Māra, demons | māra | bdud |
| mass | skandha | phung po |
| mass | piṇḍa | phung po |
| master | svāmin | bdag po |
| master of the eighth [stage] | aṣṭamīśvāra | sa brgyad pa'i dbang phyug |
| material | rūpa | gzugs |
| meaning, aim, object, point, in order to | artha | don |
| meditation | dhyāna | bsam gtan |
| meditative cultivation | bhāvanā | bsgom pa, bsgoms pa, sgom pa |
| meditative cultivator | bhāvaka | bsgom par bya ba |
| mental elaboration | prapañca | spros pa |
| mental fancies | manorājya | yid la re ba |
| mental functioning | manaskāra | yid la byed pa |
| mental factors | caitasika, caitasika-dharma | sems las byung ba, sems pa |
| mentation | manas | yid |
| mentor | guru | bla ma, slob dpon |
| mentor of the world | jagad-guru | 'gro ba'i bla |
| mere trice | muhūrta | yud tsam |
| merely mind | citta-mātra[tā] | sems tsam |
| merit | puṇya | bsod nams |
| metabolic [air] | samāna | mnyam gnas, me dang mnyam du gnas pa |
| mind | citta | sems, yid |
| mind and body | nāmarūpa | [ming gzugs] |
| mind isolation | citta-viveka | sems rnam par dben pa |
| mind vajra | citta-vajra | sems rdo rje |
| mind-made body | manomayadeha | yid kyi rang bzhin gyi lus |
| mind-made body | manomaya-kāya | yid kyi rang bzhin gyi sku |
| mind-vajra samādhi | citta-vajra-samādhi | thugs kyi ting nge 'dzin |
| mine-habit | mamakāra | ngar sems pa, nga yir 'dzin pa |
| miracle | ṛddhi | rdzu 'phrul |
| mirage | marīci[ka] | smig rgyu |
| mirror | ādarśa, darpaṇa | me long |
| mirror-like gnosis | ādarśa-jñāna | me long lta bu'i ye shes |
| misdeed | duścarita | nyes par spyod pa |
| mode | prakāra | rnam pa |
| moment | kṣana | skad cig |
| monk | bhikṣu | dge slong |
| moon | candra, śaśin, soma | zla ba |
| moon in water | udaka-candra | chu zla |
| Mount Sumeru | sumeru | ri'i rgyal po ri rab |
| mount, conveyance, vehicle | vāhana | bzhon pa |
| natural recitation | prakṛti-jāpa | rang bzhin bzlas pa |
| nature, essence, intrinsic reality | svabhāva | ngo bo nyid, rang bzhin, ngo bo |
| naturelessness | niḥsvabhāva | dngos med |
| navel | nābhi | lte ba |
| nine æsthetic moods | nava-nāṭya-rasa | nyams rnam pa dgu |
| nirvāṇa | nirvāṇa | mya ngan las 'das pa |
| noble one, noble man | kulaputra | rigs kyi bu |
| noble woman | kula-duhitṛ | rigs kyi bu mo |
| non-Buddhist ascetic | paratīrthika | gzhan mu stegs can |
| non-conceptual | nirvikalpa | rnam par rtog pa med pa |
| non-deceptive | avisaṃvādaka | mi slu ba |
| nondual | advaya | gnyis su med pa, gnyis med |
| non-equipoised yoga | asamāhita-yoga | mnyam par ma bzhag sbyor ba |
| non-mental-functioning | amanaskāra | |
| nose | ghrāṇa | sna |
| not un-suchness | avitathatā | ma nor ba de bzhin nyid |
| not-self | anātman | [bdag med] |
| object | artha | don |
| object | grāhya | gzung ba, gzung |
| object | bhāva | dngos po, dgos por yod pa, ngo bo, dngos |
| object, form, manner, material | rūpa | gzugs |
| object, sphere, domain, province | viṣaya | yul, spyod yul |
| objectifying view | upalambha-dṛṣṭi | dmigs par lta ba |
| objective selflessness | dharma-nairātmya | chos la bdag med |
| objects of [sensory] desire | kāma-guṇa | 'dod pa'i yon tan |
| obscuration | āvaraṇa | sgrib pa |
| obsessed | abhiniviṣṭa | mngon par zhen pa |
| obsession | abhiniveśa | mngon par zhen pa |
| obstacle | nivaraṇa | sgrib pa |
| one method | eka-naya | tshul gcig pa |
| one pointedness | ekāgratā | rtse gcig pa |
| one who has not seen reality | adṛṣṭa-satya | bden pa ma mthong ba |
| one without fabrications | niṣprapañca | spros pa med pa |
| one's own divinity | svādhidevatā | bdag nyid lha |
| optical illusion, Indra's phantasmical web | indrajāla | mig 'phrul |
| ordinary being | pṛthagjana | so so'i skye bo |
| ordinary body | prākṛta-deha | tha mal pa'i lus |
| ordinary pride | prākṛtāhaṅkāra | tha mal pa'i nga rgyal |
| orifice | chidra | bu ga |
| other-dependent [nature] | paratantra | gzhan gyi dbang |
| out-moving [air] | nirvāha | nges par rgyu ba |
| overlord | adhipati | bdag po |
| overlord of mantras | mantrādhipati | sngags kyi bdag po |
| Overlord of Secret Ones | guhyakādhipati | gsang ba'i bdag po |
| own presiding deity | svādhidaiva | rang gi lha |
| pain | duḥkha | sdug bsngal |
| Pāṇḍarā | pāṇḍarā | gos dkar mo, gos dkar |
| passion | rāga | 'dod chags, chags pa |
| passion-free practices | virāga-caryā | chags dang bral ba'i spyod pa |
| peerless | nirdvandva | gnyis med |
| penitential observances | duṣkara-niyama | dka' thub sdom pa |
| perception, vision | darśana, upalabdhi | snang ba, nye bar dmigs pa |
| perceptiveness, experience | anubhava | rjes su myong ba, myong |
| Perfect [Era] | kṛta[-yuga] | rdzogs ldan [gyi dus] |
| perfect buddha | sambuddha | rdzogs pa'i sangs rgyas |
| perfect enlightenment | samyak-sambodhi | yang dag par rdzogs pa'i byang chub |
| perfection | pariniṣpanna | yongs su grub pa, yongs su rdzogs pa |
| perfection stage | niṣpanna-krama | rdzogs pa'i rim pa, rdzogs pa'i go rims, rdzogs pa'i rim pa'i go rims |
| Perfectly Enlightened One | samyaksambuddha | yang dag par rdzogs pa'i sangs rgyas |
| performance, drama | nāṭaka | gar |
| period of meditative equipoise | samāhitāvasthā | mnyam par bzhag pa'i gnas skabs |
| permanent, permanence | śāśvata | rtag pa |
| permission | anujñā | rjes su gnang ba |
| person | puruṣa | mi |
| personal experience | svasaṃvedya | rang gis rig pa |
| personal instruction | upadeśa | man ngag |
| pervasive [air] | vyāna | khyab byed |
| phantasm | māyā | rgyu ma |
| phantasmic | māyopama | sgyu ma lta bu, sgyu ma 'dra |
| phantasmic web | māyā-jāla | sgyu 'phrul dra ba |
| phantasmical samādhi | māyopama-samādhi | sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin |
| phantom [double] | pratibhāsa | mig yor |
| phlegm | śleṣma | bad kan |
| phoneme | varṇa | yi ge, yig 'bru |
| play | līlā | 'gying bag |
| play, āralli | āralli | a ra li |
| pleasant | manojña | yid du 'ong ba |
| pleasure | sukha | bde ba |
| pledge [substances] | samaya | dam tshig |
| point | artha | don |
| poison | viṣa | dug |
| potency | prabhāva | mthu |
| power | siddhi | dngos grub |
| practice | caryā | spyod pa |
| practice completely without elaboration | atyanta niṣprapañcatā caryā | shin tu spros pa med pa'i [spyod pa] |
| practice of spiritual discipline | vrata-caryā | brtul zhugs kyi spyod pa |
| practice tantra | caryā-tantra | spyod pa'i rgyud |
| practice with elaboration | prapañcacaryā, prapañcatā caryā | spros pa dang bcas pa'i spyod pa |
| practice without elaboration | niṣprapañca-caryā | spros pa med pa'i spyod pa |
| practice, art of accomplishment | sādhana | sgrub pa'i thabs |
| practices of enlightenment | bodhi-caryā | byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa |
| practitioner | sādhaka | sgrub pa po |
| practitioner of the Adamantine Way | vajrayānika | rdo rje theg pa [rnams] |
| practitioner of the Universal Way | mahāyānika | theg pa chen po pa |
| practitioners of the [Esoteric] Community | sāmājika | 'dus pa'i don la zhugs pa rnams |
| praise | praśaṃsā | bstod pa |
| precinct of orthodox ascetic | tīrthāyana | mu stegs can gyi gnas su |
| predominance | ādhikya | dbang |
| pride | ahaṅkāra | nga rgyal, ngar 'dzin pa, bdag tu rlom pa |
| priest | brāhmaṇa | bram ze |
| primordially unarisen | ādyanutpanna | gzod nas ma skyes pa |
| prior impetus | pūrvāvedha | sngon gyi 'phen shugs |
| process | krama | rim pa, rim |
| process leading to communion | yuganaddha-vāhi-krama | zung du 'brel par 'jug pa'i rim pa |
| proclivity | anuśaya | |
| production of a divine form, production of a deity [body] | devatā-niṣpatti | lha'i sku rdzogs par 'gyur ba, lha nyid du bskyed pa |
| profound | gambhīra, gambhīrya | zab, zab pa |
| proof | pratyaya | yid ches par bgyi ba |
| propensity | saṃskāra | 'du byed |
| prosperity | pauṣṭika | rgyas pa |
| prototype | prakṛti | rang bzhin |
| prototypes and radiances | prakṛty-ābhāsa | rang bzhin snang ba, rang bzhin gyi snang ba; rang bzhin gyis snang ba |
| prototypical brilliance | prakṛti-prabhāsvara | rang bzhin gyis 'od gsal ba |
| province | viṣaya | yul |
| psychic channel | nāḍī | nā li |
| pulsating | saṃspandita | rnam par g.yo ba |
| pure | śuddha | rnam dag, dag pa |
| purification | viśuddhi, vyavadāna | rnam par dag pa, rnam par sbyang ba |
| purification of the radiances | ābhāsa-viśuddhi | snang ba rnam par dag pa |
| purity | śuciḥ | gtsang |
| quality | guṇa | yon tan |
| radiance | ābhāsa | snang ba, kun du snang ba |
| radiate | sphurat | spro |
| range | gocara | spyod yul, yul |
| Ratnasambhava | ratnasambhava | rin chen 'byung ldan |
| real | bhāva | dngos po |
| real | bhūta | yang dag pa |
| reality | bhāva | dngos po |
| Reality | tattva | de kho na nyid, de nyid |
| reality body | dharma-kāya | chos kyi sku |
| reality limit | bhūta-koṭi, bhūtānta | yang dag pa'i mtha', 'byung ba'i mtha' |
| reality-source | dharmodaya | chos 'byung ba |
| realization | adhigama | rtogs pa |
| realm of reality | dharmadhātu | chos kyi dbyings |
| Realm of the Thirty(-Three) | tridaśālaya | sum cu rtsa gsum pa'i gnas |
| Realm of Yama [Lord of Death] | yama-loka | gshin rje'i 'jig rten |
| reasoning | nyāya, yukti | tshul, rigs pa |
| rebirth, future life | punarbhava | yang srid pa, srid pa gzhan |
| recitation | japa | bzlas pa |
| reflection, image | pratibimba | gzugs brnyan |
| refuge | śaraṇa | skyabs |
| re-moving [air] | vivāha | rnam par rgyu ba |
| repeated cultivation | abhyāsa | bslabs |
| requisites for worship | pūjopakaraṇa | mchod pa'i yo byad |
| residence | vihāra | gnas |
| respectable persons | gurujana | bla mar gyur pa |
| result | phala | 'bras bu |
| result [of practice] | sādhya | bsgrub par bya ba |
| retinue | parivāra | 'khor |
| reversible | vaivartiko | phyir ldog pa |
| right | dharma | chos |
| ripening | vipāka | rnam par smin pa |
| rite | karman | las |
| rite | vidhi | cho ga |
| ritual action | kriyā | bya ba |
| ritual gesture | mudrā | phyag rgya |
| ritual manual | kalpa | rtog pa |
| ritually-prepared | saṃskṛta | 'dus byas pa |
| root of [the tree of] enlightenment | bodhi-mūla | byang chub kyi shing drung |
| root tantra | mūla-tantra | rtsa ba'i rgyud |
| rootless | amūla | rtsa ba med pa |
| roots of virtue | kuśala-mūla | dge ba'i rtsa ba |
| rosary, garland | mālā | phreng ba |
| sacred tradition | sampradāya | man ngag yang dag par 'gro ba |
| saint | arhant | dgra bcom pa |
| Śakra's bow [a rainbow] | śakrāyudha | 'ja' tshon |
| salutation | vandana | phyag |
| samādhi | samādhi | ting nge 'dzin |
| samādhi whose nature conduces to the real | bhūta-nayātmaka-samādhi | yang dag pa'i tshul gyi bdag nyid can gyi ting nge 'dzin |
| samādhi-being | samādhi-sattvas | ting nge 'dzin sems dpa' |
| Samantabhadra | samantabhadra | ~'jam dpal |
| Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin | sarvanivaraṇaviṣkambhin | sgrib pa thams cad rnam par sel ba |
| scents | gandha | dri |
| science, teaching | śāstra | bstan bcos |
| scriptural discourse | deśanā-pāṭha | bshad pa'i gsung rab, bstan pa'i tshig, lung gi tshig, gsungs pa'i tshig, lung las bshad pa |
| scriptural tradition, scriptural statements | pravacana | gsung rab |
| Scripturalist | sautrāntika | mdo sde |
| scripture | sūtra, sūtraka, sūtrānta | mdo, mdo de |
| scripture, [scriptural] tradition | āgama | lung |
| scroll-painting | citra-paṭa, paṭa | rtsig pa'i ras ris, ras ris |
| seal | mudrā | phyag rgya |
| seal reality | mudrā-tattva | phyag rgya'i de kho na nyid |
| seed, seed [syllable] | bīja | sa bon |
| self, nature | ātman | bdag, bdag nyid |
| self-awareness | sva-saṃvitti | rang rig, rang gi ye shes |
| self-consecration | svādhiṣṭhāna | bdag la byin gyis brlab pa |
| self-consecration stage | svādhiṣṭhāna-krama | bdag la byin gyis brlab pa['i rim pa] |
| self-created | svayambhū | rang byung |
| self-invocation | ātma-sādhana | bdag la bsgrub pa |
| selfless | anātmaka | bdag med pa |
| semen | śukra | sa bon |
| sense medium | āyatana | skye mched |
| senses, sense organ | indriya | dbang po |
| sequence | krama, anupūrva, anukrama, parikrama | rim pa, rim, go rims |
| shadow, reflection | chāyā | grib ma |
| shaking | spandana | bskyod pa |
| shame | lajjā | ngo tsha shes pa |
| shape | saṃsthāna | dbyibs |
| shapeless | asaṃsthāna | dbyibs med pa |
| sign, manner of knowing | nimitta | mtshan ma |
| signification | saṅketa | brtag pa |
| signless | aliṅga, animitta | mtshan ma med pa |
| simile | dṛṣṭānta, upamā | dpe |
| sin | pāpa | sdig pa |
| single-mindedness | eka-smṛti | dran pa gcig pa |
| six transcendent virtues | ṣaṭpāramitā | pha rol tu phyin pa drug |
| size | pramāṇa | tshod tsam |
| skilled | yoga | mkhas pa |
| sky | gagana, nabha | nam mkha' |
| sleep | svapna | gnyid log pa |
| sloth | ālasya, styāna | le lo, gnyid |
| socializing | saṃsarga | 'du 'dzi |
| society | saṅgaṇikā | 'du ba |
| song | gīta | glu |
| sound, word | śabda | sgra |
| space | ākāśa, ambara, kha | nam mkha' |
| space-like [infinite] | khasama, khopama | nam mkha' dang mnyam pa |
| specified | vyākṛta | lung du bstan pa |
| speech | vāk | ngag |
| speech isolation | vag-viveka | ngag rnam par dben pa |
| speech vajra | vāg-vajra | gsung† rdo rje |
| spell | vidyā | rig sngags |
| sphere | viṣaya | yul |
| spirit of enlightenment | bodhicitta | byang chub [kyi] sems |
| spiritual guide | kalyāṇa-mitra | dge ba'i bshes gnyen |
| Śrāvaka | śrāvaka | nyan thos |
| stage | bhūmi, krama | sa, rim [pa] |
| stainless | nirmala | dri ma med pa |
| state | pada, avasthā, bhāva | gnas, go 'phang, gnas skabs, dngos po |
| stationary, unwavering | acala | mi g.yo [ba] |
| store | sambhāra | tshogs |
| straightforward expression | uttāna-śabda | bshad pa'i sgra |
| strength, force | bala | stobs pa, stobs |
| student | śiṣya | slob ma |
| study | adhyayana | klog |
| subject | grāhaka | 'dzin pa |
| subject reality | ātma-tattva | bdag gi de kho na nyid |
| subtle | sūkṣma | phra ba, zhib |
| subtle element [air] | sūkṣma-dhātu | khams phra ba |
| subtle yoga | sūkṣma-yoga | phra mo'i rnal 'byor |
| success | siddhi | dngos grub |
| successive generations of mentors | guru-parva-krama | bla ma brgyud rim |
| suchness | tathatā | de bzhin nyid |
| sucking | cūṣaṇa | rngub pa |
| suffering | duḥkha | sdug bsngal, sdug |
| sun | aditya, ravi, sūrya, virocana | nyi ma |
| superficial | saṃvṛti- | kun rdzob [kyi] |
| superficial reality | saṃvṛti-satya | kun rdzob kyi bden pa, kun rdzob |
| superknowledge | abhijñā | mngon par shes pa |
| support | ādhāra | gzhi, rten |
| supreme joy | paramānanda | mchog tu dga' ba |
| syllable, undestroyed | akṣara | yi ge, mi 'gyur ba |
| symbol | cihna | mtshan ma |
| symbol-seal | cihna-mudrā | mtshan ma'i phyag rgya |
| synonym | paryāya | rnam grangs |
| synonym, succession of names | nāma-paryāya | ming gi rnam grangs |
| tactile object | sparśa | reg bya |
| tantra, continuity | tantra | rgyud |
| tantric appendix | uttara-tantra | rgyud phyi ma, rgyud bla ma |
| Tārā | tārā | sgrol ma |
| teacher | ācārya, śāstṛ | slob dpon, ston pa |
| teaching | deśanā, śāstra | bstan pa, bstan bcos |
| technique | upāya, vidhi | thabs, cho ga |
| ten airs | daśa vāyu | rlung bcu |
| ten paths of virtuous action | daśa-kuśala-karma-patha | dge ba bcu'i las kyi lam |
| territory | bhūmi | sa |
| that wished for | praṇidheya | smon par bya ba |
| that-to-be-[meditatively] cultivated | bhāvya | sgom pa |
| that-to-be-attained | prāpya | thob pa |
| the Earth, earth | pṛthivi | sa chen po, sa |
| the naïve | bāla, bāliśa | byis pa'i skye bo, byis pa |
| the practice completely without | atyanta-niṣprapañca-caryā | shin tu spros pa med pa'i |
| elaboration | spyod pa | |
| thing | bhāva, padārtha, dharma | dngos po, chos |
| thing to be done | kriyā | bya ba |
| thorough knowledge | parijñāna | yongs su shes pa, rtogs pa |
| thorough knowledge just as it is | yathābhūta-parijñāna | yang dag pa ji lta ba nyid shes pa |
| those who assert [philosophical views about] action | karma-vādin | las su smra ba |
| thought-deed, activity of the mind | citta-carita | sems kyi spyod pa |
| Three Baskets | tripiṭaka | sde snod gsum |
| three consciousnesses | vijñāna-traya | rnam par shes pa gsum |
| three luminances | āloka-traya | snang ba gsum po |
| three mandalas | trimaṇḍala | dkyil 'khor gsum |
| three natures | trisvabhāvam | ngo bo nyid gsum |
| three radiances | ābhāsa-traya | snang ba gsum |
| three Realities, three natures | tri-tattva | de nyid gsum |
| three times | try-adhva, trikāla | dus gsum |
| three voids | śūnya-traya | stong pa gsum |
| three ways | triyāna | theg pa gsum |
| three worlds | triloka | 'jig rten gsum |
| Threefold [Era] | tretā[-yuga] | gsum ldan [gyi dus] |
| threefold practice | trividhacaryā | spyod pa rnam pa gsum, spyod pa gsum |
| threefold-world, three worlds | bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ | khams gsum, sa 'og dang sa steng dang mtho ris |
| three-syllabled | akṣara-traya, tryakṣara | yi ge gsum |
| tolerance | kṣānti | bzod pa |
| tongue | jihvā | lce |
| torpor | middha | gnyid, rmugs |
| tradition | āmnāya | man ngag |
| tradition, method | naya | tshul |
| transcendent virtue of wisdom | prajñāpāramitā | shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa |
| transcendent | lokottara | 'jig rten las 'das pa |
| transcendent lord | tathāgata | de bzhin gshegs pa |
| transference | samāropa | bskul bar 'gyur ba |
| transformation | parāvṛtti, pariṇāmana | yongs su log, yongs su gyur pa |
| tribulation, difficult | duṣkara | dka' ba, dka' thub |
| trichilio-great-chiliocosm | trisāhasra-mahāsāhasra-loka-dhātu | stong gsum gyi stong chen po'i 'jig rten gyi khams |
| triple realm | tri-bhuvanaṃ | srid pa gsum |
| triple world | traidhātuka | khams gsum |
| true bliss | satsukha | bde ba dam pa |
| truth | tathya | bden pa |
| Truth/Reality | satya | bden pa |
| Tuṣita [Heaven] | tuṣita | dga' ldan gyi gnas |
| twelve ascetical practices | dvādaśa-dhūta-guṇa | sbyangs pa'i yon tan bcu gnyis |
| twelve links of dependent origination | pratītya-dvādaśāṅga | rten 'brel bcu gnyis |
| twelve similes of phantasm | dvādaśa-māyā-dṛṣṭānta | sgyu ma'i dpe bcu gnyis |
| two [sexual] organs | dvayendriya | dbang po gnyis |
| two realities | satyadvaya | bden pa gnyis |
| Twofold [Era] | dvāpara[-yuga] | gnyis ldan [gyi dus] |
| ultimate reality | paramārtha-satya | don dam pa'i bden pa, don dam pa |
| unarisen | anutpanna | skye ba med pa |
| uncompounded | anabhisaṃskṛta, asaṃskṛta | 'dus ma byas pa |
| uncontrived | akṛtaka | ma bcos pa |
| undeducible | apratarkya | brtag tu med pa |
| undominated | anabhibhūta | zil gyis mi non pa |
| unerring | akṣūṇa | mi 'chor ba |
| unexcelled | anuttara | bla na med pa |
| unfortunate | durbhaga | skal pa ngan pa |
| unification | eka-yoga | gcig sbyor ba |
| union | yoga | sbyor ba |
| uniting the liṅga and the bhaga | bhaga-liṅga-yoga | bha ga dang liṅga'i sbyor ba |
| universal monarch | cakravarti | 'khor los sgyur ba |
| Universal Vehicle | mahāyāna | theg pa chen po |
| universal void | sarva-śūnya | thams cad stong pa |
| unlocated | apratiṣṭhita | gnas [pa] med pa |
| unlocated nirvāṇa | apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa | mi gnas pa'i mya ngan las 'das pa |
| unmanifest | avyakta | mi mngon |
| unobstructed | asaṅga | thogs pa med pa |
| unproduced | anutpāda | skye ba med pa |
| unreal, unreality | abhāva, abhūta | med, med pa, yod ma yin, dngos po med pa, yang dag pa ma yin pa |
| unshakeable samādhi | āsphānaka-samādhi | mi g.yo ba'i ting nge 'dzin |
| unspecified | avyākṛta | lung du ma bstan pa |
| unspoken, syllable-less | anakṣara | yi ge bral, yi ge med pa |
| unstruck [sound] | anāhata | mi shigs pa |
| Untruth/Unreality | asatya | mi bden pa |
| unutterable | anuccārya | brjod du med pa |
| unvirtuous, non-virtue, bad | akuśala | mi dge ba |
| upward-moving [air] | udvāha | ldang zhing rgyu ba |
| utterance | udāhāra | brjod pa |
| utterly peaceful | praśānta | rab tu zhi ba |
| vain | tuccha | gsog |
| Vairocana | vairocana | rnam par snang mdzad |
| vajra (penis) | vajra | rdo rje |
| Vajra Mentor | vajraguru | rdo rje slob dpon |
| vajra recitation | vajra-jāpa | rdo rje bzlas pa |
| vajra teacher | vajrācārya | rdo rje slob dpon |
| vajra word | vajra-pada | rdo rje'i tshig |
| Vajrapāṇi | vajrapāṇi | phyag na rdo rje, lag na rdo rje |
| Vajrasattva | vajrasattva | rdo rje sems dpa' |
| vase | kalaśa | bum pa |
| vehicle | vāhana | bzhon pa |
| Venerable Master (Nāgārjuna) | bhaṭṭāraka-pāda | rje btsun, klu sgrub |
| verbal token | vāk-cchomā | ngag gi brda |
| verse | gāthā, śloka | tshigs su bcad pa |
| vestige, vestigial instinct | vāsanā | bag chags |
| victor | jina | rgyal ba |
| victorious lord | jinendra | rgyal dbang po |
| view | dṛṣṭi | lta ba |
| virtuous and non-virtuous | śubhāśubha | dge ba dang mi dge ba |
| visualized, imagined [nature] | parikalpita | brtags, kun brtags pa |
| Viśva | viśva | sna tshogs pa |
| vital fluid | rasa | ro |
| vitality control | prāṇāyāma | srog dang rtsol ba |
| vitality, vitality [air] | prāṇa | srog |
| vocal acts | ruta-vyāpāra | tha snyad |
| vocal expression | vāk-pravyāhāra | tshig tu brjod pa |
| vocal proclamation | ruta-vijñapti | sgra |
| vocalization | ruta | sgra |
| void | śūnya | stong pa |
| voidness | śūnyatā | stong pa nyid |
| vowels | svara | dbyangs |
| vowels and consonants | ālikāli | ā li kā li |
| vulgate | mlecchā | |
| waking | jāgrat | gnyid ma log pa |
| wandering ascetic | śramaṇa | dge sbyong |
| warrior | kṣatriya | rgyal rigs |
| water | salila, vāruṇa | chu |
| water bubbles | budbuda | chu'i chu bur |
| water element | abdhātu | chu'i khams |
| way of mantra | mantranaya | gsang sngags kyi tshul |
| Way of the Śrāvakas | śrāvaka-yāna | nyan thos theg pa |
| well born | ājāneya | kun shes pa |
| well-known | prasiddha | grags |
| well-moving [air] | pravāha | rab tu rgyu ba |
| wheel of existence | bhava-cakra | 'khor ba |
| wheel, retinue | cakra | 'khor lo, tshogs |
| wicked | dauṣṭhulya | gnas ngan len |
| wind | vāta | rlung |
| wisdom-gnosis | prajñā-jñāna | shes rab kyi ye shes |
| wisdom-gnosis initiation | prajñā-jñānābhiṣeka | shes rab dang ye shes kyi dbang bskur ba |
| wise one, the wise | jñānin | ye shes can |
| wish | praṇidhāna | smon lam |
| wisher | praṇidhāyaka | smon pa po |
| wishing gem | cintāmaṇi | yid bzhin nor bu |
| woman | strī | bud med |
| womb | yoni | ~skye ba |
| word | pada | tshig |
| world | jagat | 'gro ba |
| world of beings | jagat | 'gro ba |
| worldly | laukika | 'jig rten pa |
| worldly motivation | loka-dharma | 'jig rten pa'i chos |
| world-realm | lokadhātu | 'jig rten gyi khams |
| worship, offering | pūjā | mchod pa |
| wrong, bad thing | adharma | chos ma yin pa |
| yoginī | yoginī | rnal 'byor ma |
| zombiess | vetālī | ro langs ma |