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Sanskrit-Tibetan-English Glossary
| Sanskrit | Tibetan | English | Reference |
| akuśala | mi dge ba | unvirtuous, non-virtue, bad | |
| akṛtaka | ma bcos pa | uncontrived | |
| akṣaya | mi zad pa, zad pa med pa | imperishable | |
| akṣara | yi ge, mi 'gyur ba | syllable, undestroyed | |
| akṣara-traya | yi ge gsum | three-syllabled | 16b, 20a |
| akṣūṇa | mi 'chor ba | unerring | |
| akṣobhya | mi bskyod pa | Akṣobhya | |
| agamyāgamana | ~'gro ba dang 'ong ba | illicit sex | 62b |
| aṅga | yan lag | limbs | |
| acala | mi g.yo [ba] | stationary, unwavering | 8b, 47b |
| acintya | bsam gyis mi khyab pa | inconceivable | |
| acchaṭā | se gol | finger-snapping | 12b, 48b |
| acyuta | 'pho ba med | imperishable | |
| atiśūnya | shin tu stong pa | extremely void | |
| atīndriya | dbang po las 'das pa | beyond the senses | |
| atyanta-niṣprapañca-caryā | shin tu spros pa med pa'i spyod pa | practice completely without elaboration | 69a, 72a |
| atyanta-niṣprapañcatā | shin tu spros pa med pa | completely without elaboration | 57a |
| atyanta niṣprapañcatā | shin tu spros pa med pa'i | practice completely | 57b |
| caryā | [spyod pa] | without elaboration | |
| aditya | nyi ma | sun | |
| adṛṣṭa-satya | bden pa ma mthong ba | one who has not seen reality | |
| advaya | gnyis su med pa, gnyis med | nondual | |
| adharma | chos ma yin pa | wrong, bad thing | |
| adhigama | rtogs pa | realization | 6a, 19b, 25a, 40b, 49a, 52a, 55a, 55b, 71b |
| adhipati | bdag po | overlord | |
| adhimukti | lhag par mos pa | confidence | 40a |
| adhiṣṭhāna | byin gyis brlabs pa | consecration, constitution [of] | 7b, 8a–15b, 24b, 64a, 72b |
| adhiṣṭhita | byin gyis brlabs pa | consecrated, constituted of | |
| adhyayana | klog | study | |
| adhyāpanna | spyod pa | commission | |
| anakṣara | yi ge bral, yi ge med pa | unspoken, syllable-less | |
| ananta | mtha' yas pa | limitless | |
| anabhibhūta | zil gyis mi non pa | undominated | |
| anabhilāpya | brjod du med pa | inexpressible | |
| anabhisaṃskṛta | 'dus ma byas pa | uncompounded | |
| anākhyeya | ming med | inexpressible | |
| anātmaka | bdag med pa | selfless | 29a |
| anātman | [bdag med] | not-self | |
| anādi | thog ma med pa | beginningless [time] | |
| anābhoga | lhun gyis grub pa | effortless | |
| anālaya | gzhi med pa, gnas med pa | foundationless | |
| anāvaraṇa | sgrib pa med pa | obscurationless | |
| anāsrava | zag pa med | free of impurity | |
| anāhata | mi shigs pa | unstruck [sound] | 18b, 20a, 20b, 23a |
| anitya | chad pa, mi rtag pa | impermanent, impermanence | |
| animitta | mtshan ma med pa | signless | |
| anirodha | 'gag pa med pa | ceaseless, unceasing | |
| anukampā | [thugs] brtse ba | kindness | 17b, 19b, 46a, 32b |
| anucarī | rjes su spyod pa | attendant | |
| anuccārya | brjod du med pa | unutterable | |
| anujñā | rjes su gnang ba | permission | |
| anuttara | bla na med pa | unexcelled | |
| anutpanna | skye ba med pa | unarisen | |
| anutpāda | skye ba med pa | birthless, unproduced | |
| anubhava | rjes su myong ba, myong | perceptiveness, experience | |
| anubheda | rjes su gzhig pa, gzhig pa | `dissolving' [process] | 5b, 47a, 65b |
| anumāna | rjes su dpag pa | inference | |
| anuśaya | proclivity | ||
| antaḥpura | btsun mo'i tshogs | harem | 63b |
| antarābhava | srid pa bar ma pa | between-being | 42a |
| apavarga | ~ngan 'gro | emancipation | |
| apāna | thur du sel ba | evacuative [air] | |
| apāya | ngan 'gro, ngan song | lower rebirth | |
| apratarkya | brtag tu med pa | undeducible | |
| apratiṣṭhita | gnas [pa] med pa | unlocated | |
| apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa | mi gnas pa'i mya ngan las 'das pa | unlocated nirvāṇa | 53a, 61b |
| abdhātu | chu'i khams | water element | 9a |
| abhāva | med, med pa, yod ma yin, dngos po med pa | unreal, unreality | 12a, 40b, 43a, 52a |
| abhicāruka | mngon spyod | destruction | 17a |
| abhijñā | mngon par shes pa | superknowledge | 49b, 53a |
| abhiniviṣṭa | mngon par zhen pa | obsessed | 23b, 47a |
| abhiniveśa | mngon par zhen pa | obsession | 3b, 34b, 48b |
| abhiprāya | dgongs pa | intention | 15b |
| abhiṣeka | dbang bskur ba | initiation | 5b, 46a |
| abhisambodhi | mngon par rdzogs par byang chub pa | enlightenment | 12a, 45b, 48a, 71a |
| abhisambodhi-krama | mngon par byang chub pa'i rim pa | enlightenment process | 46b, 50a |
| abhūta | yang dag pa ma yin pa | unreal | 39a |
| abheda | dbyer med | indivisible | 21b |
| abhedya | mi phyed pa | indivisible | 15a |
| abhyāsa | bslabs | repeated cultivation | 49a |
| amanaskāra | non-mental-functioning | 25b | |
| amitābha | snang ba mtha' yas, 'od dpag tu med pa | Amitābha | |
| amūrti[ka] | lus med pa | bodiless | |
| amūla | rtsa ba med pa | rootless | |
| amṛta | bdud rtsi | ambrosia | 56b, 62a, 67a |
| amoghasiddhi | don yod grub pas | Amoghasiddhi | |
| ambara | nam mkha' | space | 17a |
| arūpa | gzugs med pa | immaterial | |
| arūpin | gzugs med pa | formless | |
| artha | don, phyir | meaning, aim, object, point, in order to | |
| artha-vaśa | don gyi dbang | crucial point | |
| arhant | dgra bcom pa | saint | 34b, 52b |
| alakṣaṇa | mtshan nyid med pa | character-less | 47b |
| alajjā | ngo tshar med pa | shamelessness | 31b |
| alābha | ma rnyed pa | loss | 26b |
| aliṅga | mtshan ma med pa | signless | |
| avabhāsa | gzugs su snang ba, snang bar byed pa | images, radiance | |
| avasthā | gnas skabs | state, condition | |
| avācya | tshig med pa, brjod med pa | inexpressible, wordless | |
| avijñaptika | rnam par rig pa med pa | imperceptible | |
| avitathatā | ma nor ba de bzhin nyid | not un-suchness | |
| avidyā | ma rig pa | delusion | 7a, 30a, 31a, 33b, 36b, 46b, 70a, 71b |
| avisaṃvādaka | mi slu ba | non-deceptive | |
| avaivartika | phyir mi ldog pa | irreversible | 49a, 50a |
| avyakta | mi mngon | unmanifest | |
| avyākṛta | lung du ma bstan pa | unspecified | |
| aśubha | mi dge ba | evil, bad | |
| aṣṭaguṇaiśvarya | yon tan gyi dbang phyug brgyad | eight superhuman powers | 53b, 57a, 63b |
| aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi | grub pa chen po brgyad | eight great powers | 69b |
| aṣṭamīśvāra | sa brgyad pa'i dbang phyug | master of the eighth [stage] | 26a |
| aṣṭa-loka-dharma | 'jig rten gyi chos brgyad | eight worldly concerns | 54b |
| asaṃskṛta | 'dus ma byas pa | uncompounded | |
| asaṃsthāna | dbyibs med pa | shapeless | |
| asaṅga | thogs pa med pa | unobstructed | |
| asatya | mi bden pa | Untruth/Unreality | |
| asamāhita-yoga | mnyam par ma bzhag sbyor ba | non-equipoised yoga | 64b |
| ahaṅkāra | nga rgyal, ngar 'dzin pa, bdag tu rlom pa | pride, I-habit | 60b |
| ākāra | rnam pa | form, appearance | |
| ākāśa | nam mkha' | space | |
| ākāśagarbha | nam mkha'i snying po | Ākāśagarbha | 11b |
| ākṛti | rnam pa | appearance | |
| āgama | lung | scripture, [scriptural] tradition | 16b, 19b, 25a, 32a, 35b, 39b, 40b, 71b |
| ācārya | slob dpon | teacher | 1b, 45b, 46a |
| ājāneya | kun shes pa | well born | 52b |
| ātma-tattva | bdag gi de kho na nyid | subject reality | |
| ātman | bdag, bdag nyid | self, nature | |
| ātma-sādhana | bdag la bsgrub pa | self-invocation | 55a |
| ādarśa | me long | mirror | |
| ādarśa-jñāna | me long lta bu'i ye shes | mirror-like gnosis | 13a |
| ādikarmika | las dang po pa | beginner | |
| ādyanutpanna | gzod nas ma skyes pa | primordially unarisen | |
| ādhāra | gzhi, rten | support, habitat | 18b, 19a, 33a, 40b |
| ādhikya | dbang | predominance | |
| ādheya | brten pa | inhabitant | 19a |
| ānanda | kun dga' | joy | 50b, 51a, 65b, 68b |
| ābhāsa | snang ba, kun du snang ba | radiance | 6a, 29b, 30a, 33a, 33b, 40a, 41a, 44b, 46b, 70a |
| ābhāsa-traya | snang ba gsum | three radiances | 30a, 37a, 50a |
| ābhāsa-viśuddhi | snang ba rnam par dag pa | purification of the radiances | 49b |
| āmnāya | man ngag | tradition | 2a, 64b |
| āyatana | skye mched | [sense] medium | |
| āralli | a ra li | play, āralli | 57a, 61b, 65b, 71b |
| ālaya | gnas, gzhi | foundation | |
| ālasya | le lo | sloth | 31b |
| ālikāli | ā li kā li | vowels and consonants | |
| āliṅgana | 'khyud pa | embracing | |
| āloka | snang ba | luminance, light | 8a, 12a, 27b, 30a, 33a, 41a, 46b, 47a, 50b |
| āloka-traya | snang ba gsum po | three luminances | |
| ālokābhāsa | snang ba mched pa | luminance-radiance | 30a, 30b, 33a, 46b, 47a, 50b |
| ālokopalabdha[ka] | snang ba nye bar thob pa, snang ba thob pa | luminance-imminence | 30a, 30b, 31a, 33a, 47a, 50b |
| ālokopalabdha-jñāna | snang ba nye bar thob pa'i ye shes | gnosis of imminence | 31b, 32a |
| āvaraṇa | sgrib pa | obscuration | |
| āśaya | bsam pa | inclination | |
| āśraya | gnas, brten pa | foundation, dwelling place, basis, dependence, abode | |
| āsphānaka-samādhi | mi g.yo ba'i ting nge 'dzin | unshakeable samādhi | 48b |
| āhāra | kha zas, bza', zas | food | |
| indrajāla | mig 'phrul | optical illusion, Indra's phantasmical web | |
| indra-dhanu | lha'i dbang po'i gzhu | bow of Indra [rainbow] | |
| indrāyudha | 'ja' tshon | Indra's [rain]bow | |
| indriya | dbang po | senses, sense organ | |
| ucchvāsa | dbugs 'byin pa, dbugs 'byung ba | exhalation | |
| uttara-tantra | rgyud phyi ma, rgyud bla ma | tantric appendix | |
| uttāna-śabda | bshad pa'i sgra | straightforward expression | 2a |
| utpatti | bskyed pa, skye ba | creation | |
| utpattikrama | bskyed pa'i rim pa | creation stage, creation process | 2a, 16a, 26b, 40a, 41a, 49a |
| utsāha | spro ba | fortitude | 13a, 31b |
| udaka-candra | chu zla | moon in water | 44a |
| udāna | gyen rgyu, steng du rgyu ba | ascending [air] | |
| udāhāra | brjod pa | utterance | |
| udvāha | ldang zhing rgyu ba | upward-moving [air] | |
| unmatta-vrata | smyon pa'i brtul zhugs | mad discipline | 72a |
| upadeśa | man ngag | personal instruction | |
| upabhoga | spyod pa | enjoyment | |
| upamā | dpe | simile | |
| upameya | ~mi srid pa | comparable | 41b |
| upalabdha-jñāna | nye bar thob pa'i ye shes | imminence gnosis | 29b |
| upalabdhi | nye bar dmigs pa | perception | 13a, 21b |
| upalambha-dṛṣṭi | dmigs par lta ba | objectifying view | |
| upāya | thabs | liberative art, technique, art | |
| upāya-jñāna | thabs kyi ye shes | gnosis of liberative art | 31b, 32a |
| uṣṇīṣa | gtsug gtor | crown-protrusion | |
| ṛddhi | rdzu 'phrul | miracle | |
| eka-naya | tshul gcig pa | one method | |
| eka-yoga | gcig sbyor ba | unification | |
| eka-smṛti | dran pa gcig pa | single-mindedness | |
| ekāgratā | rtse gcig pa | one pointedness | |
| aupamya | dpe | analogy | 41a |
| kapaṭa | sgyu | deceitful | 1b |
| karaṇa | bya ba | activity | |
| karuṇā | snying rje | compassion | 49b |
| karman | las | action, function, rite | |
| karma-vādin | las su smra ba | those who assert [philosophical views about] action | 34b, 35b |
| karmānta | las kyi mtha' | consequences of action | |
| kalaśa | bum pa | vase | 46a |
| kali-yuga | rtsod pa'i dus | Contentious Era | 1b |
| kalevara (kaḍevara) | lus, phung po | body, corpse | |
| kalpa | bskal pa | æon | |
| kalpa | rtog pa | ritual manual | |
| kalpita-yoga | rtog pa'i rnal 'byor | imaginative yoga | 5a |
| kalyāṇa-mitra | dge ba'i bshes gnyen | spiritual guide | |
| kāma | 'dod pa | desire | |
| kāma-guṇa | 'dod pa'i yon tan | objects of [sensory] desire | 42b, 44a, 65b, 67b, 73a |
| kāmadhātu | 'dod pa'i khams | Desire Realm | |
| kāya | lus | body | |
| kāya-cchomā | lus kyi brda | bodily token | 62a, 63a, 63b |
| kāya-vajra | sku rdo rje | body vajra | |
| kāya-viveka | lus rnam par dben pa | body isolation | 5a, 15a, 40a |
| kāraṇa | rgyu | cause | |
| kāruṇya | snying rje | compassion | 31a, 46a, 51b |
| kārya | don | aims | |
| kārya | 'bras bu | effect | |
| kāvya | snyan dngags | court poems | 22b |
| kiraṇa | 'od zer | light ray, beam | |
| kuṇḍa | thab khung | fire-offering-pit | 60b |
| kula | rigs | clan | 14a, 14b, 15a, 18b, 52a |
| kula-duhitṛ | rigs kyi bu mo | noble woman | 23a |
| kulaputra | rigs kyi bu | noble one, noble man | |
| kuśala | dge ba | good, virtuous | |
| kuśala-mūla | dge ba'i rtsa ba | roots of virtue | 28a |
| kūṭāgāra | gzhal yas khang | celestial palace | |
| kṛta[-yuga] | rdzogs ldan [gyi dus] | Perfect [Era] | 1b |
| kṛtya | bya ba | aim | 33a |
| kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñānaṃ | bya ba sgrub pa'i ye shes | function-accomplishing gnosis | 13b |
| kaukṛtya | 'gyod pa | anxiety | |
| krama | rim pa, rim | manner, sequence, process, stage | 2a, 3a–4a, 5a–6b, 9a, 10b, 12a, 13b, 16a–b, 18b–20b, 21b, 24a, 26b, 30b, 34b, 35a, 37a, 40a–41a, 42a–43a, 44b, 46a–47a, 48b–50a, 51b, 53a, 55b, 58b, 59a, 60b–61b, 62b–64a, 65a–66b, 69a–70b, 71b, 72a, 73b |
| krama-vṛtti | rim gyis 'jug pa | gradual method | |
| kramaśaḥ | rim gyis, rim gyis 'jug pas | gradually, by a gradual method | |
| kriyā | bya ba | activity, thing to be done, function, [ritual] action, deed | |
| krīḍā | rol mo | erotic play | 57b, 61b, 64a |
| klamatha | dub pa | exhaustion | 41b |
| kleśa | nyon mongs pa | defilement | |
| kṣatriya | rgyal rigs | warrior | 52b |
| kṣana | skad cig | moment | |
| kṣānti | bzod pa | tolerance | 24a, 45a, 53a |
| kṣitigarbha | sa'i snying po | Kṣitigarbha | |
| kṣut | bkres pa | hunger | |
| kha | nam mkha' | space | |
| kha-dhātu | nam mkha'i dbyings | space | 14a |
| khasama | nam mkha' dang mnyam pa | space-like [infinite] | |
| kheda | skyo ba | depression | 31b |
| khopama | mkha' dang mnyam | space-like | 17a |
| gagana | nam mkha' | sky | |
| gaṅgā | gaṅgā | Ganges river | |
| gaṇa-maṇḍala | tshogs kyi dkyil 'khor | host-maṇḍala | |
| gati-pañcaka | 'gro ba lnga | five realms [of rebirth] | |
| gandha | dri | scents | |
| gandharva-nagara | dri za'i grong khyer | city of gandharvas | 44a |
| gambhīra, gambhīrya | zab, zab pa | profound | |
| gāthā | tshigs su bcad pa | verse | |
| gīta | glu | song | |
| guṇa | yon tan | quality | |
| guru | bla ma, slob dpon | mentor | |
| guru | lci bar gyur pa | grave | |
| gurujana | bla mar gyur pa | respectable persons | |
| guru-parva-krama | bla ma brgyud rim | successive generations of mentors | 40b, 42a, 46b |
| guhyakādhipati | gsang ba'i bdag po | Overlord of Secret Ones | |
| gocara | spyod yul, yul | range | |
| grāhaka | 'dzin pa | subject | |
| grāhya | gzung ba, gzung | object | |
| ghaṭamānāvasthā | slob bzhin pa'i gnas skabs | context of exertion | |
| ghaṭī-yantra | zo chun gyi 'khrul 'khor | irrigation machine | 35a |
| ghaṇṭā | dril bu | bell | |
| ghṛta | mar | ghee | |
| ghrāṇa | sna | nose | |
| cakita | dogs pa dang bcas pa | anxiety | |
| cakra | 'khor lo, tshogs | wheel, retinue | |
| cakravarti | 'khor los sgyur ba | universal monarch | 55a, 60b, 64a |
| cakṣu | mig | eye | |
| caturāryasatya | 'phags pa'i bden pa rnam pa bzhi | Four Noble Truths | 55a |
| catur-dvīpa | gling bzhi | four continents | 9b |
| catur-brahma-vihāra | tshangs pa'i gnas pa bzhi | four pure abodes | 3a |
| caturvidha-nyāya | tshul rnam pa bzhi | fourfold procedure | 54b |
| candra | zla ba | moon | |
| caryā | spyod pa | practice | 1b, 53b, 54a, 54b, 55a, 64a, 68a, 71b |
| caryā-tantra | spyod pa'i rgyud | practice tantra | 24a, 55b |
| citta | sems, yid | mind | |
| citta-carita | sems kyi spyod pa | thought-deed, activity of the mind | |
| citta-mātra[tā] | sems tsam | merely mind | |
| citta-vajra | sems rdo rje | mind vajra | |
| citta-vajra-samādhi | thugs kyi ting nge 'dzin | mind-vajra samādhi | 34b |
| citta-viveka | sems rnam par dben pa | mind isolation | 5b, 26b, 37a, 37b, 40a |
| citra-paṭa | rtsig pa'i ras ris | scroll-painting | 42a |
| cintā | sems dpa' (sems pa) | intellection, reflection | 50a |
| cintāmaṇi | yid bzhin nor bu | wishing gem | 50b |
| cihna | mtshan ma | symbol | 16a, 58a, 68a |
| cihna-mudrā | mtshan ma'i phyag rgya | symbol-seal | 58a |
| cumbana | 'o byed pa | kissing | 13a, 31b, 61a, 67a |
| cūṣaṇa | rngub pa | sucking | 13a, 31b, 61a, 67a |
| cetas | sems | heart | 59a |
| caitasika, caitasika-dharma | sems las byung ba, sems pa | mental factors | 30a, 30b, 34b, 36b (x3), 44a, 70b (x3) |
| chāyā | grib ma | shadow, reflection | 50b |
| chidra | bu ga | orifice | 18b |
| jagat | 'gro ba | being, world, world of beings | |
| jagad-guru | 'gro ba'i bla | mentor of the world | 21a |
| jaṅgama | rgyu ba | animate | |
| jaḍa | bems po | inanimate | 25a |
| jana | 'gro ba | being | |
| jantu | skye bo | beings | |
| janman | skye ba | birth | |
| japa | bzlas pa | recitation | |
| jāgrat | gnyid ma log pa | waking | |
| jāti | tshe rabs | life | 28a |
| jina | rgyal ba | victor | |
| jinendra | rgyal dbang po | victorious lord | |
| jihvā | lce | tongue | |
| jīvita | srog | life | |
| jñāna | shes pa | gnosis | |
| jñāna-cakṣu | ye shes kyi mig | eye of gnosis | |
| jñāna-mudrā | ye shes kyi phyag rgya | gnosis consort | 57a, 70a |
| jñāna-mūrti | ye shes kyi sku | gnosis-body | 52b |
| jñāna-vāhinī | ye shes 'ba' zhig pa nyid | bearer of gnosis | |
| [jñāna-sattva] | ye shes sems dpa' | gnosis being | |
| jñānin | ye shes can | wise one, the wise | |
| jhaṭiti | skad cig tsam gyis | instantaneously | 3b, 33b, 65b |
| ḍākinī | mkha' 'gro ma | ḍākinī | 62b |
| tattva | de kho na nyid, de nyid | Reality | |
| tathatā | de bzhin nyid | suchness | 47b |
| tathāgata | de bzhin gshegs pa | transcendent lord | |
| tathya | bden pa | truth | |
| tantu | rgyud, rgyun | continuum | |
| tantra | rgyud | tantra, continuity | |
| tarka | rtog | logical disputation | |
| tāmasā | mun pa | darkness | |
| tārā | sgrol ma | Tārā | |
| tārkika | rtog ge pa | logicians | |
| tiryag-yoni | dud 'gro'i skye gnas | animal realm | |
| tīrthāyana | mu stegs can gyi gnas su | precinct of orthodox ascetic | 49b |
| tuccha | gsog | vain | |
| tuṣita | dga' ldan gyi gnas | Tuṣita [Heaven] | 54b |
| tṛṣṇā | sred pa, skom pa | craving, thirst | |
| tejas | me (yi khams) | fire | |
| trikāla | dus gsum | three times | 52a |
| tri-tattva | de nyid gsum | three Realities, three natures | |
| tridaśālaya | sum cu rtsa gsum pa'i gnas | Realm of the Thirty(-Three) | 42b |
| tripiṭaka | sde snod gsum | Three Baskets | 22b |
| tri-bhuvana | srid pa gsum | triple realm | 60a |
| trimaṇḍala | dkyil 'khor gsum | three mandalas | 52a |
| triyāna | theg pa gsum | three ways | 52a |
| triloka | 'jig rten gsum | three worlds | 52a |
| trividhacaryā | spyod pa rnam pa gsum, spyod pa gsum | threefold practice | 57b, 72b, 73b |
| trisāhasra-mahāsāhasra-loka-dhātu | stong gsum gyi stong chen po'i 'jig rten gyi khams | trichilio-great-chiliocosm | 24b |
| trisvabhāva | ngo bo nyid gsum | three natures | |
| tretā[-yuga] | gsum ldan [gyi dus] | Threefold [Era] | 1b |
| traidhātuka | khams gsum | triple world | |
| try-akṣara | yi ge gsum | three-syllabled | |
| try-adhva | dus gsum | three times | |
| darpaṇa | me long | mirror | 6a–b |
| darśana | snang ba | perception, vision | 13a |
| daśa-kuśala-karma-patha | dge ba bcu'i las kyi lam | ten paths of virtuous action | 35b |
| daśabhūmīśvara | sa bcu'i dbang phyug | lord of the ten stages | 40b |
| daśa vāyu | rlung bcu | ten airs | 12a |
| dāna | sbyin pa | generosity | |
| duḥkha | sdug bsngal, sdug | pain, suffering, unhappy | |
| durgati | ngan 'gro | bad rebirth | |
| durbhaga | skal pa ngan pa | unfortunate | |
| duścarita | nyes par spyod pa | misdeed | |
| duṣkara | dka' ba, dka' thub | tribulation, difficult | |
| duṣkara-caryā | spyod pa dka' ba | arduous practices | |
| duṣkara-niyama | dka' thub sdom pa | penitential observances | 56a (x2) |
| dṛṣṭānta | dpe | simile | |
| dṛṣṭi | lta ba | view | |
| devatā | lha | divine, divinity, deity | |
| devatā-tattva | lha'i de kho na nyid | divinity reality | 2a, 40b |
| devatā-niṣpatti | lha'i sku rdzogs par 'gyur ba, lha nyid du bskyed pa | production of a divine form, production of a deity [body] | |
| devatā-mūrti | lha'i sku | divinity-body | |
| devatā-rūpa | lha'i sku | divine form | |
| devatā-vigraha | lha'i sku | divine body | 40b |
| devatopalabdhika | lha ru nye bar dmigs pa | divine perception | 21b |
| devī | lha mo | goddess | |
| deśanā | bstan pa | teaching | |
| deśanā-pāṭha | bshad pa'i gsung rab, bstan pa'i tshig, lung gi tshig, gsungs pa'i tshig, lung las bshad pa | scriptural discourse | |
| deha | lus | body | 18b |
| doṣa | nyes pa | fault | |
| dauṣṭhulya | gnas ngan len | wicked | 23b |
| dvaya | gnyis pa | dual | |
| dvayendriya | dbang po gnyis | two [sexual] organs | 20a, 68b |
| dvādaśa-dhūta-guṇa | sbyangs pa'i yon tan bcu gnyis | twelve ascetical practices | 55a |
| dvādaśa-māyā-dṛṣṭānta | sgyu ma'i dpe bcu gnyis | twelve similes of phantasm | 5b, 40b, 44a, 44b |
| dvāpara[-yuga] | gnyis ldan [gyi dus] | Twofold [Era] | 1b |
| dveṣa | zhe sdang | hatred | |
| dharma | chos | thing, good thing, Dharma, right | |
| dharma-kāya | chos kyi sku | reality body | 47b, 73b |
| dharmatā | chos nyid | facticity | |
| dharmadhātu | chos kyi dbyings | realm of reality | 12a, 13b, 27b, 35a, 47b |
| dharma-nairātmya | chos la bdag med | objective selflessness | |
| dharmodaya | chos 'byung ba | reality-source | |
| dhātu | khams | element | |
| dhyāna | bsam gtan | meditation | |
| nabha | nam mkha' | sky | |
| naya | tshul | tradition. method | |
| nara | mi | human | 14a |
| naraka | dmyal ba, dmyal, sems can dmyal ba | hell | |
| nava-nāṭya-rasa | nyams rnam pa dgu | nine Īsthetic moods | |
| nāṭaka | gar | performance, drama | |
| nāḍī | nā li | psychic channel | 61a, 67b |
| nābhi | lte ba | navel | |
| nāma-paryāya | ming gi rnam grangs | synonym, succession of names | |
| nāmarūpa | [ming gzugs] | mind and body | 50b |
| niḥśvāsa | ~dngos po med pa | breath | 17b |
| niḥsvabhāva | dngos med, dngos po med pa | essenceless, | |
| insubstantial, naturelessness, essencelessness | |||
| nigūḍha-śabda | sgra sbas pa | cryptic expressions | 1b |
| nindā | smad pa | blame | 26b |
| nipuṇa | mdzangs | acute | 28a |
| nimitta | mtshan ma | sign, manner of knowing | |
| nimiṣa | mig btsums | blink of an eye | 33b |
| niyama | brtul zhugs | ascetical practice | 71b |
| nirākāra | rnam pa med pa | formless, incorporeal | |
| nirābhāsa | snang ba med pa | free of perception, radianceless | |
| nirukti | sgra'i nges pa'i tshig | etymological explanation | 32a |
| nirdvandva | gnyis med | peerless | 51a |
| nirmala | dri ma med pa | stainless | |
| nirmāṇa-kāya | sprul pa'i sku | emanated body | 43a |
| niryāṇa | nges par 'byung ba | emancipation | 53a |
| nirvāṇa | mya ngan las 'das pa | nirvāṇa | |
| nirvāha | nges par rgyu ba | out-moving [air] | 18a |
| nirvikalpa | rnam par rtog pa med pa | non-conceptual | 6b |
| nilaya | gnas | dwelling | 17a |
| nivaraṇa | sgrib pa | obstacle | |
| niṣpanna-krama | rdzogs pa'i rim pa, rdzogs pa'i go rims, rdzogs pa'i rim pa'i go rims | perfection stage | 2a, 3b, 24a, 49a, 55b |
| niṣprapañca | spros pa med pa | one without fabrications | 52b |
| niṣprapañca-caryā | spros pa med pa'i spyod pa | practice without elaboration | 57a, 57b, 64b, 66a–b |
| nītārtha | nges pa'i don | definitive meaning | 16a |
| neyārtha | drang ba'i don | interpretable meaning | 2b, 16a |
| nyāya | tshul, rigs pa | reasoning, manner, argument, procedure | 5a, 14a, 24a, 33a, 34b, 35a, 37b, 39b, 40a, 45a, 50a, 55a, 56b, 64b |
| pañcakāmaguṇa | 'dod pa'i yon tan lnga | five objects of [sense] desire | (see kāmaguṇa) |
| pañca-krama | go rims rnam pa lnga | fivefold process | 2a |
| pañca-gati | 'gro ba lnga | five realms [of rebirth] | 35a |
| pañca-jñāna | ye shes lnga | five gnoses | |
| pañca-jñāna | shes pa lnga | five subjects | 7a |
| pañcāmṛta | bdud rtsi'i chu | five ambrosias | 62a |
| paṭa | ras ris | scroll-painting | 58a–b, 66a |
| paṇḍita | mkhas pa | learned one | 48a |
| pada | gnas, go 'phang | state | |
| pada | tshig | word | |
| padārtha | dngos po | thing | |
| padma | padma | lotus (vagina) | |
| paratantra | gzhan gyi dbang | other-dependent [nature] | 29b, 39b |
| paratīrthika | gzhan mu stegs can | non-Buddhist ascetic | 28a |
| paramāṇu | rdul phra rab | fine atoms | 40a, 70b, 11a–b, 14a |
| paramānanda | mchog tu dga' ba | supreme joy | |
| paramārtha | don dam pa | ultimate [reality] | 23a |
| paramārtha-satya | don dam pa'i bden pa | ultimate reality | |
| paraloka | 'jig rten pha rol | afterlife | 35b, 36a |
| parāmarṣa | yongs su tshol ba | deep investigation | |
| parāyaṇa | mchog tu gzhol ba | devotion | |
| parāvṛtti | yongs su log | transformation | 49b, 53b |
| parikalpita | brtags, kun brtags pa | visualized, imagined [nature] | 20b, 29b |
| parijñāna | yongs su shes pa, rtogs pa | thorough knowledge | |
| pariṇāmana | yongs su gyur pa | transformation | 56b |
| pariniṣpanna | yongs su grub pa, yongs su rdzogs oa | accomplished [nature], perfection, completely perfected | 29b, 31a, 52a, 53b, 68b |
| paribhoga | longs spyod | enjoyment | 55b |
| parivāra | 'khor | retinue | 65a |
| paryanta | mthar thug pa | consummation | |
| paryāya | rnam grangs | aphorism, synonym | |
| pāṇḍarā | gos dkar mo, gos dkar | Pāṇḍarā | |
| pāda | zhabs | foot | 28a |
| pāpa | sdig pa | sin | 72a |
| piṇḍagraha | ril por 'dzin pa | holistic [process] | 5b, 47a, 65b |
| piṇḍa | phung po, gong bu | mass, lump | 14a, 16b |
| pitta | mkhris pa | bile | 8a |
| puṇya | bsod nams | merit | |
| punarbhava | yang srid pa, srid pa gzhan | rebirth, future life | |
| puruṣa | mi | person | |
| pūjā | mchod pa | worship, offering | |
| pūjopakaraṇa | mchod pa'i yo byad | requisites for worship | 58b |
| pūrvāvedha | sngon gyi 'phen shugs | prior impetus | 6a |
| pṛthak-sañjñā | ming tha dad pa | distinctive term | 8a |
| pṛthagjana | so so'i skye bo | ordinary being | |
| pṛthivi | sa chen po, sa | the Earth, earth | |
| pauṣṭika | rgyas pa | prosperity | 17a |
| prakāra | rnam pa | mode | 8a |
| prakṛti | rang bzhin | prototype | |
| prakṛti-jāpa | rang bzhin bzlas pa | natural recitation | 21b |
| prakṛti-prabhāsvara | rang bzhin gyis 'od gsal ba | prototypical brilliance | 5b, 52a |
| prakṛty-ābhāsa | rang bzhin snang ba, rang bzhin gyi snang ba; rang bzhin gyis snang ba | prototypes and radiances | |
| prajñā | shes rab | critical wisdom | |
| prajñā-jñāna | shes rab kyi ye shes | wisdom-gnosis, gnosis of critical-wisdom | |
| prajñā-jñānābhiṣeka | shes rab dang ye shes kyi dbang bskur ba | wisdom-gnosis initiation | 48b |
| prajñāpāramitā | shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa | transcendent virtue of wisdom | 61a |
| prajñopāya | nas shes rab dang thabs | critical wisdom and liberative technique | 41a |
| praṇidhāna | smon lam | wish | |
| praṇidhāyaka | smon pa po | wisher | |
| praṇidheya | smon par bya ba | that wished for | |
| pratibimba | gzugs brnyan | reflection, image | |
| pratibhāna | spobs pa | eloquence | 53a |
| pratibhāsa | mig yor | phantom [double] | |
| pratiśrutka | brag ca | echo | |
| pratītya-dvādaśāṅga | rten 'brel bcu gnyis | twelve links of dependent origination | 17a |
| pratītya-samutpāda | rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba | dependent co-origination | |
| pratyaṅga | nying lag | digits | |
| pratyaya | yid ches par bgyi ba | proof | |
| pratyaya | rkyen | condition | |
| pratyavekṣaṇā-jñānaṃ | so sor rtog pa'i ye shes | gnosis of individuating discernment | 13b |
| pratyātmavedya | so so rang rig pa, rang gis rig pa, so so rang rig par gyur pa, so so rang gis rig pa | introspectively known | |
| pradhāna | gtso | chief principle | 17a |
| prapañca | spros pa | [mental] elaboration | 50a |
| prapañca-caryā | spros pa dang bcas pa'i spyod pa | practice with elaboration | 57b, 64b |
| prapañcatā | spros pa dang bcas pa | with elaboration | 57a |
| prapañcatā caryā | spros pa dang bcas pa'i spyod pa | practice with elaboration | 57a |
| prabandha | rgyun, 'ching ba | continuum, linked continuity, bond | |
| prabhā | 'od | light | 50b |
| prabhāva | mthu | potency | |
| prabhāsvara | 'od gsal ba | brilliance | 29b, 37a, 39a, 46b, 47a, 48b, 49a, 50a, 71a, 71b |
| prabhāsvara-jñāna | 'od gsal ye shes | gnosis of brilliance | 72a |
| pramāṇa | tshod tsam | size | |
| pralaya | 'jig pa | apocalypse | 27b |
| pravacana | gsung rab | scriptural tradition, scriptural statements | 2b, 40a |
| pravāha | rab tu rgyu ba | well-moving [air] | 18a |
| pravṛtti | 'jug pa | manifestation | |
| praveśa | 'jug pa | entering | |
| pravyāhāra | smra ba, brjod pa | enunciation | |
| praśaṃsā | bstod pa | praise | 26b |
| praśānta | rab tu zhi ba | utterly peaceful | 21b |
| praśvāsa | dbyugs rngub pa, rngub par 'gyur ba | inhalation | |
| prasaṅga | thal ba | [logical] consequence | 54a |
| prasāda | bka' drin | grace | |
| prasiddha | grags | well-known | |
| prākṛta-deha | tha mal pa'i lus | ordinary body | 20b |
| prākṛtāhaṅkāra | tha mal pa'i nga rgyal | ordinary pride | |
| prāṇa | srog | vitality, vitality [air] | |
| prāṇāyāma | srog dang rtsol ba | vitality control | |
| prāpaka | thob par bya ba | attainer | |
| prāpya | thob pa | that-to-be-attained | |
| prāvacanika | gsung rab | hide-bound | 22a |
| priyā | beloved | 58b | |
| phala | 'bras bu | fruit, result | |
| bandhana | bcing ba, 'ching ba | bond | |
| bala | stobs pa, stobs | strength, force | |
| bahu-śruta | mang du thos pa | erudite | |
| bāla, bāliśa | byis pa'i skye bo, byis pa | the naïve | |
| bāhya-śāstra | ~dang po'i bstan bcos | exoteric sciences | |
| bimba | gzugs | body | |
| bīja | sa bon | seed, seed [syllable] | |
| buddha | sangs rgyas | buddha | |
| buddha-kṣetra | sangs rgyas kyi zhing | buddha-field | 12a, 44a, 44b, 49b, 63b |
| buddhatva | sangs rgyas nyid | buddhahood | |
| buddhi | blo, blo gros | intelligence, intellect | |
| budbuda | chu'i chu bur | (water) bubbles | 44a |
| bodhi | byang chub | enlightenment | |
| bodhi-caryā | byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa | practices of enlightenment | 57a |
| bodhicitta | byang chub [kyi] sems | spirit of enlightenment | |
| bodhi-mūla | byang chub kyi shing drung | root of [the tree of] enlightenment | 48b |
| bodhisattva | byang chub sems dpa' | bodhisattva | |
| brāhmaṇa | bram ze | priest | 52b |
| bhakti | mos | devotion | 50b, 51a |
| bhakṣya | bza' [ba] | food | |
| bhaga-liṅga-yoga | bha ga dang liṅga'i sbyor ba | uniting the liṅga and the bhaga | 13a |
| bhagavant | bcom ldan 'das | Lord | |
| bhaṭṭāraka-pāda | rje btsun, klu sgrub | Venerable Master (Nāgārjuna) | 39b, 40a, 51b |
| bhava | srid pa | existence | 37b |
| bhava-cakra | 'khor ba | wheel of existence | 35b |
| bhāva | dngos po, dgos por yod pa, ngo bo, dngos | object, thing, reality, state, experience, real | |
| bhāvaka | bsgom par bya ba | [meditative] cultivator | 53b |
| bhāva-graha | dngos por 'dzin pa | clinging to [material] things | 53b |
| bhāvanā | bsgom pa, bsgoms pa, sgom pa | [meditative] cultivation | |
| bhāvya | sgom pa | that-to-be-[meditatively] cultivated | 53b |
| bhikṣu | dge slong | monk | |
| bhīta | 'jigs pa | fear | 31a |
| bhusuku | bhu su ku | bhusuku | 71b |
| bhūta | yang dag pa | real, the real | |
| bhūta-koṭi | yang dag pa'i mtha' | reality limit | |
| bhūta-nayātmaka-samādhi | yang dag pa'i tshul gyi bdag nyid can gyi ting nge 'dzin | samādhi whose nature conduces to the real | 2b, 39b, 60b |
| bhūtānta | 'byung ba'i mtha' | reality limit | |
| bhūmi | sa | stage, territory | |
| bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ | khams gsum, sa 'og dang sa steng dang mtho ris | threefold-world, three worlds | |
| bhojya | myang, bca' ba | delicacies | |
| bhautika | 'byung ba las gyur pa | elemental derivative | 14a |
| bhrānti | 'khrul pa | confusion | |
| maṇḍala | dkyil 'khor | maṇḍala, orb | |
| maṇḍalādhipati | dkyil 'khor gyi bdag po | overlord of the maṇḍala | |
| manana | rlom sems | conceit | 4a |
| manas | yid | mentation | |
| manaskāra | yid la byed pa | mental functioning | 12a |
| manojña | yid du 'ong ba | pleasant | |
| manomaya-kāya | yid kyi rang bzhin gyi sku | mind-made body | 40b |
| manomayadeha | yid kyi rang bzhin gyi lus | mind-made body | 35b |
| manorājya | yid la re ba | mental fancies | 63b |
| mantra | sngags | mantra | |
| mantra-tattva | sngags kyi de kho na nyid | mantra reality | 2a, 19b, 20a, 26b |
| mantranaya | gsang sngags kyi tshul | way of mantra | 25a |
| mantra-mūrti | sngags kyi lus | mantra body | 14b |
| mantrādhipati | sngags kyi bdag po | overlord of mantras | 19b |
| mantrin | sngags pa | mantrin | |
| mantroddhāra | sngags btu ba | extraction of the mantra | |
| mamakāra | ngar sems pa, nga yir 'dzin pa | mine-habit | |
| maraṇa | 'chi ba | death, passing away | |
| marīci[ka] | smig rgyu | mirage | |
| mala | dri ma | impurity | 39b |
| mahākṛpā | snying rje chen po | great caring | 39b |
| mahānāga | glang po chen po | great elephant | 52b |
| mahāpuruṣa | skyes bu chen po | great person | |
| mahāmudrā | phyag rgya chen po | Great Seal | 57b, 59a, 60b, 65a, 72b |
| mahāmuni | thub pa chen po | Great Sage | |
| mahāyāna | theg pa chen po | Universal Vehicle | 9a, 29a, 55a |
| mahāyānika | theg pa chen po pa | practitioner of the Universal Way | 2b, 16a, 29b |
| mahāyoga | rnal 'byor chen po | Great Yoga | |
| mahāyoga-tantra | rnal 'byor chen po'i rgyud | Great Yoga Tantra | 2b, 7b, 12a, 14b, 15a, 17b, 19a, 20b, 29a, 37b, 43b, 44a, 48a, 49a, 50a, 51b, 55b, 56b, 57b, 64b, 69b, 71a, 73a |
| mahāvīra | dpa' bo chen po | Great Hero | 55b |
| mahāvairocana | ~rnam par snang mdzad | Mahāvairocana | 9b |
| mahāśūnya | stong pa chen po | great void | |
| mahāsattva | sems dpa' chen po | great one | |
| mahāsukha | bde ba chen po | great bliss | 44a, 55a, 57a, 57b, 60b, 61a, 61b, 66b, 67a, 67b, 68b |
| māṃsa | sha | flesh | |
| mātsarya | phrag dog | envy | |
| māna | khengs pa (nga rgyal) | arrogance | 31b |
| māmakī | mā ma kī | Māmakī | |
| māyā | rgyu ma | phantasm | |
| māyākāra | sgyu ma'i rnam pa | form of phantasm | 39b |
| māyākāra | sgyu ma mkhan | illusionist | 41b |
| māyā-jāla | sgyu 'phrul dra ba | phantasmic web | |
| māyopama | sgyu ma lta bu, sgyu ma 'dra | phantasmic | |
| māyopama-samādhi | sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin | phantasmical samādhi | 5b, 27a, 44a, 48b, 49b, 50a |
| māra | bdud | Māra, demons | |
| māruta | rlung | air | 17b |
| mālā | phreng ba | rosary, garland | 46a |
| māhendra | dbang chen | earth | 19a |
| middha | gnyid, rmugs | torpor | |
| mudrā | phyag rgya | consort, seal, ritual gesture | 45a, 46a, 57a–58a, 60b, 61b, 65b, 66a, 68a, 70a |
| mudrā-tattva | phyag rgya'i de kho na nyid | seal reality | 2a |
| muhūrta | yud tsam | mere trice | |
| mūrti | lus | body | |
| mūla-tantra | rtsa ba'i rgyud | root tantra | |
| mokṣa | thar pa, grol ba | liberation | |
| moha | gti mug | ignorance | |
| mohita | rmongs pa | deluded | |
| mlecchā | vulgate | 62a | |
| yathābhūta | ji lta ba bzhin du | just as it is | |
| yathābhūta-parijñāna | yang dag pa ji lta ba nyid shes pa | thorough knowledge just as it is | |
| yathāruta | sgra ji bzhin pa | literal meaning | |
| yantra | 'khrul 'khor | machine | 27b |
| yama-loka | gshin rje'i 'jig rten | realm of Yama [Lord of Death] | |
| yaśas | grags pa | fame | |
| yukti | rigs pa | reasoning | |
| yuga | dus | era | |
| yuganaddha | zung du 'brel pa, zung du 'jug pa | communion | |
| yuganaddha-vāhi-krama | zung du 'brel par 'jug pa'i rim pa | process leading to communion | 3a, 6a, 49b |
| yugapat | cig car | immediate | |
| yoga | tshul | manner | 3a |
| yoga | mkhas pa | skilled | 4a |
| yoga | sbyor ba | union | 15a |
| yoginī | rnal 'byor ma | yoginī | |
| yoni | ~skye ba | womb | |
| rakta | kun du chags pa, dmar ba | impassioned, red | |
| ratna | rin po che, rin chen | jewel | |
| ratnasambhava | rin chen 'byung ldan | Ratnasambhava | 8a |
| ravi | nyi ma | sun | 50b |
| raśmi | 'od zer | light ray, beam | |
| rasa | ro | flavor, [vital] fluid, aesthetic mood | |
| rasāyana | ra sa ya na | elixir of immortality, alchemy | 60b, 64a |
| rāga | 'dod chags, chags pa | passion | |
| rāja-kumāra | rgyal po'i bu gzhon nu | crown prince | 28a |
| rāśi | spungs pa | heap | |
| rikta | gso ba | empty | |
| ruta | skad | language | 24a |
| ruta | sgra ji bzhin ma yin pa | (jargon) expressions | 17b |
| ruta | sgra | vocalization | 25b |
| ruta-vijñapti | sgra | vocal proclamation | 25b |
| ruta-vyāpāra | tha snyad | vocal acts | 25b |
| rūpa | gzugs | object, form, manner, material | |
| lakṣaṇa | mtshan nyid | characteristic | |
| lajjā | ngo tsha shes pa | shame | 31a |
| lalita | rgya che ba | lovely | |
| lava | thang cig | instant | |
| lābha | rnyed pa | gain | 26b |
| lipika | yi ge | letter | 22a |
| līlā | 'gying bag | play | |
| loka | 'jig rten pa | folk, world | |
| loka-dharma | 'jig rten pa'i chos | worldly motivation | 26b |
| lokadhātu | 'jig rten gyi khams | world-realm | 44a |
| loke niścaya | nges pa | common knowledge | 54a |
| lokeśvara | 'jig rten dbang phyug | Lokeśvara | 11b |
| lokottara | 'jig rten las 'das pa | transcendent | |
| locanā | spyan, sangs rgyas spyan | Locanā, (Buddha) Locanā | |
| laukika | 'jig rten pa | worldly | |
| vag-viveka | ngag rnam par dben pa | speech isolation | 5a, 26b, 40a |
| vajra | rdo rje | vajra, adamant, adamantine, (penis) | |
| vajraguru | rdo rje slob dpon | Vajra Mentor | |
| vajra-jāpa | rdo rje bzlas pa | vajra recitation | 5a, 16b, 18b, 20b, 40a |
| vajra-jñāna | rdo rje'i ye shes | adamantine gnosis | 47a |
| vajradeha | rdo rje lus | adamantine body | 51b |
| vajra-pada | rdo rje'i tshig | vajra word | |
| vajrapāṇi | phyag na rdo rje, lag na rdo rje | Vajrapāṇi | |
| vajra-bimbopamaṃ-samādhi | ting nge 'dzin rdo rje'i gzugs lta bu | adamantine body samādhi | 49b |
| vajrayāna | rdo rje theg pa | Adamantine Way | 1b, 9a, 26b, 29a, 29b, 49a |
| vajrayānika | rdo rje theg pa [rnams] | practitioner of the Adamantine Way | 16a |
| vajrasattva | rdo rje sems dpa' | Vajrasattva | |
| vajrācārya | rdo rje slob dpon | vajra teacher | |
| vajropama-samādhi | rdo rje lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin | adamantine samādhi | 49b, 52b |
| vandana | phyag | salutation | |
| varṇa | kha dog, yi ge, yig 'bru | color, phoneme | |
| vaśya | dbang | domination | |
| vāk | ngag | speech | |
| vāk-cchomā | ngag gi brda | verbal token | 62a, 63a |
| vāk-pravyāhāra | tshig tu brjod pa | vocal expression | |
| vāg-vajra | gsung rdo rje | speech vajra | |
| vāta | rlung | gas, wind | |
| vāyu | rlung | air | |
| vāyu-tattva | rlung gi de kho na nyid | air reality | |
| vāyu-dhātu | rlung gi khams | air element | |
| vāruṇa | chu | water | 19a |
| vāsanā | bag chags | vestige, vestigial instinct | |
| vāhana | bzhon pa | mount, conveyance, vehicle | |
| vikalpa | rnam par rtog pa, rnam rtog | concept, conceptuality, conceptualizing, conception | |
| vigraha | sku | body | |
| vijñāna | rnam par shes pa | consciousness | |
| vijñāna-traya | rnam par shes pa gsum | three consciousnesses | 27a, 27b, 29a, 29b, 32a, 32b, 35b, 50a, 70a |
| vijñāna-saṅkalpa | rnam par shes pa'i kun du rtog pa | conscious intention | 50a |
| vidyā | rig sngags | spell | |
| vidyā-vrata | rig pa'i brtul zhugs | consort discipline | |
| vidhi | cho ga | rite, technique | |
| vinyāsa | rnam par dgod pa | array | 16a |
| vipāka | rnam par smin pa | ripening | |
| vibhava | 'byor ba | [financial] means | 45a |
| virāga | 'dod chags dang bral ba | dispassion | |
| virāga-caryā | chags dang bral ba'i spyod pa | passion-free practices | 55a |
| virocana | nyi ma | sun | 46b |
| vilāsa | rnam par rol pa, rnam par sgeg pa | flirtation | |
| vivāha | rnam par rgyu ba | re-moving [air] | |
| vivikta | dben pa | isolated | |
| viśuddhi | rnam par dag pa, rnam par sbyangs | purification | |
| viśva | sna tshogs pa | Viśva | 17a |
| viṣa | dug | poison | |
| viṣama | mi zad pa | disagreeable | 12b |
| viṣaya | yul, spyod yul | object, sphere, domain, province | |
| vihāra | gnas | residence | |
| vīra | dpa' bo | hero | |
| vīrya | brtson pa, brtson 'grus | heroism | |
| vetālī | ro langs ma | zombiess | 60a |
| vedanā | tshor ba | feeling | |
| vairocana | rnam par snang mdzad | Vairocana | |
| vaivartiko | phyir ldog pa | reversible | 50a |
| vyakta | gsal ba | manifest | |
| vyañjana | gsal byed, yi ge, tshod me | consonant, `letter,' condiment | |
| vyavadāna | rnam par byang ba | purification | |
| vyākaraṇa | byā ka ra ṇa | grammar | 22a |
| vyākṛta | lung du bstan pa | specified | |
| vyākhyā-tantra | bshad pa'i rgyud | explanatory tantra | 16a, 16b, 17b, 18b, 20a, 27a, 34b |
| vyāna | khyab byed | pervasive [air] | |
| vyāpāra | las, bya ba | function | |
| vyutthāna | ldang ba | emerging, emergence | |
| vrata-caryā | brtul zhugs kyi spyod pa | practice of spiritual discipline | 53a, 54a, 54b |
| śaṅkha | dung chos | conch shell | 46a |
| śakrāyudha | 'ja' tshon | Śakra's bow [rainbow] | 44a |
| śaṭha | g.yo | crafty | 1b |
| śata-kula | rigs brgya | hundred clans | 5a, 7b, 13b, 14b, 16a |
| śabda | sgra | sound, word | |
| śabda-ruta | sgra grag pa | audible vocalization | 26a |
| śaraṇa | skyabs | refuge | |
| śarīra | lus | body | |
| śaśin | zla ba | moon | 50b |
| śāśvata | rtag pa | permanent, permanence | |
| śāstṛ | ston pa | teacher | |
| śāstra | bstan bcos | science, teaching | |
| śikṣā | bslab pa | learning, instruction | |
| śiva | zhi ba | auspicious | 47b, 51a |
| śiṣya | slob ma | student | |
| śīla | tshul khrims | ethics | |
| śukra | sa bon | semen | 20b |
| śuciḥ | gtsang | purity | 51b |
| śuddha | rnam dag, dag pa | pure | |
| śubha | dge ba | good, virtuous | |
| śubhāśubha | dge ba dang mi dge ba | good and evil, virtuous and non-virtuous | |
| śūnya | stong pa | void | |
| śūnya-catuṣṭaya | stong pa nyid rnam pa bzhi | four voids | 46b |
| śūnyatā | stong pa nyid | voidness | |
| śūnya-traya | stong pa gsum | three voids | 37a |
| śṛṅgāra | snyan, steg pa | elegant, eroticism | |
| śmaśāna | dur khrod | charnel ground | 69a |
| śraddhā | dad pa | faith | |
| śramaṇa | dge sbyong | wandering ascetic | 52b |
| śrāvaka | nyan thos | Śrāvaka | 55a |
| śrāvaka-yāna | nyan thos theg pa | Way of the Śrāvakas | 55b |
| śrī | dpal | glorious | |
| śleṣma | bad kan | phlegm | |
| śloka | tshigs su bcad pa | verse | |
| śvāsa | dbugs | breath | |
| ṣaṭpāramitā | pha rol tu phyin pa drug | six transcendent virtues | 36b |
| saṅketa | brtag pa | signification | |
| saṅkleśa | kun nas nyon mongs pa, nyon mongs pa | defilement | |
| saṅgaṇikā | 'du ba | society | |
| sañjñā | 'du shes | discernment | |
| sandhyāya-bhāṣita, | dgongs par bshad, dgongs | intentional speech, spoken | 17a, 18b |
| sandhyāya-vākya | pa'i tshig | of intentionally | |
| sampradāya | man ngag yang dag par 'gro ba | [sacred] tradition | |
| sambodhi-krama | mngon par byang chub pa'i rim pa | enlightenment process | 48b |
| sambhāra | tshogs | store | 47b |
| saṃvāha | yang dag par rgyu ba | co-moving [air] | |
| saṃvṛti | kun rdzob [kyi] | superficial | |
| saṃvṛti-satya | kun rdzob kyi bden pa, kun rdzob | superficial reality | |
| saṃśaya | som nyi | doubt | |
| saṃsarga | 'du 'dzi | socializing | |
| saṃsāra | 'khor ba | life-cycle, saṃsāra | |
| saṃskāra | 'du byed | propensity | |
| saṃskṛta | 'dus byas pa | ritually prepared | |
| saṃsthāna | dbyibs | shape | |
| saṃspandita | rnam par g.yo ba | pulsating | 34a |
| sattva | sems can | being | |
| satya | bden pa | Truth/Reality | |
| satyadvaya | bden pa gnyis | two realities | |
| satsukha | bde ba dam pa | true bliss | 49a |
| saddharma | dam pa'i chos | Holy Teaching | |
| sadbhāva | yang dag pa | authentic | |
| sandhyāya-vacana | dgongs te gsungs pa | intentional speech | 30b |
| sandhyā-vacana | dgongs pas bshad pa | intentional speech, allusive expression | 29b, 33b, 48a |
| sannipāta | 'dus pa | conjunction | 8a |
| samatā-jñāna | mnyam pa nyid kyi ye shes | equality gnosis | 13a |
| samantabhadra | ~'jam dpal | Samantabhadra | |
| samaya | dam tshig | pledge [substances] | 66a |
| samādhi | ting nge 'dzin | samādhi | |
| samādhi-sattva | ting nge 'dzin sems dpa' | samādhi-being | 60b |
| samāna | mnyam gnas, me dang mnyam du gnas pa | metabolic [air] | |
| samāpanna | snyoms par zhugs pa | equipoised | 5b |
| samāropa | bskul bar 'gyur ba | transference | 56b |
| samāhitāvasthā | mnyam par bzhag pa'i gnas skabs | period of meditative equipoise | 54a |
| sambuddha | rdzogs pa'i sangs rgyas | perfect buddha | |
| sambhogakāya | rdzogs longs spyod pa'i sku | beatific body | 73a |
| samyaksambuddha | yang dag par rdzogs pa'i sangs rgyas | Perfectly Enlightened One | |
| samyak-sambodhi | yang dag par rdzogs pa'i byang chub | perfect enlightenment | |
| sarvanivaraṇaviṣkambhin | sgrib pa thams cad rnam par sel ba | Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin | 11b |
| sarva-śūnya | thams cad stong pa | universal void | |
| salila | chu | water | 46a |
| sahacarī | lhan cig spyod pa | companion | |
| sahaja | lhan cig skyes pa | connate | 23a |
| sādhaka | sgrub pa po | practitioner | |
| sādhana | sgrub pa'i thabs | practice, art of accomplishment | |
| sādhu | legs, legs so | excellent | |
| sādhya | bsgrub par bya ba | result [of practice] | |
| sāmarthya | stobs | force | |
| sāmājika | 'dus pa'i don la zhugs pa rnams | practitioner of the [Esoteric] Community | 15a |
| sāmānya | tha mal pa | common | 36a |
| sāhasa | dka' ba la sbyor ba | boldness | |
| siddhi | dngos grub, grub | accomplishment, success, power, establishment | 6a, 8b, 10b, 15a–b, 21a, 43a, 47b, 54a–b, 56a, 57b, 60b, 63a, 64a, 68a–b, 69b, 70a, 71a, 72a–b, 73a |
| sukha | bde ba | pleasure | |
| sugata | bde bar gshegs pa | Blissful One | |
| sugati | bde 'gro | good rebirth | |
| sucarita | legs par spyod pa | good deed | |
| sumeru | ri'i rgyal po ri rab | [Mount] Sumeru. | 9b |
| surata | rab tu dga' ba | lovemaking | 59a, 62b, 67a |
| suviśuddha-dharmadhātu-jñā | chos kyi dbyings rnam par | completely-pure gnosis of | 13b |
| naṃ | dag pa'i ye shes | the Realm of Reality | |
| sūkṣma | phra ba, zhib | subtle | |
| sūkṣma-dhātu | khams phra ba | subtle element [air] | |
| sūkṣma-yoga | phra mo'i rnal 'byor | subtle yoga | 16b |
| sūtra, sūtraka, sūtrānta | mdo, mdo de | scripture | |
| sūraṅgama-samādhi | dpa' bar 'gro ba'i ting nge 'dzin | hero's march samādhi | 5a, 52b, 53a |
| sūrya | nyi ma | sun | |
| soma | zla ba | moon | 6b |
| sautrāntika | mdo sde | Scripturalist | |
| skandha | phung po | aggregate, mass | |
| stabdha | dal [ba] | languid | |
| styāna | gnyid | sloth | 54b |
| strī | bud med | woman | |
| sthāvara | rgyu ba | inanimate | |
| sthita | gnas pa | fixed | |
| sthūla | rags pa | coarse | |
| spandana | bskyod pa | shaking | 32b |
| sparśa | reg pa, reg bya | contact, tactile object | |
| sphaṭika | shel | crystal | 19a |
| spharaṇa | spro ba, 'byung ba | emitting, flowing-forth | 18b, 31a, 32a |
| sphurat | spro | radiate | 51a |
| svapna | rmi lam, gnyid log pa | dream, sleep | |
| svapnopama | rmi lam lta bu, rmi lam dang 'dra ba | dreamlike | |
| svabhāva | ngo bo nyid, rang bzhin, ngo bo | nature, essence, intrinsic reality | |
| svayambhū | rang byung | self-created | |
| svara | dbyangs | vowels | |
| svarga | mtho ris | heaven | |
| sva-lakṣaṇa | rang gi mtshan nyid | intrinsic character | |
| sva-saṃvitti | rang rig, rang gi ye shes | self-awareness | |
| svasaṃvedya | rang gis rig pa | personal experience | |
| svādhidevatā | bdag nyid lha | one's own divinity | 15a |
| svādhidaiva | rang gi lha | own presiding deity | 58a |
| svādhiṣṭhāna | bdag la byin gyis brlab pa | self-consecration | 41a |
| svādhiṣṭhāna-krama | bdag la byin gyis brlab pa['i rim pa] | self-consecration stage | 34b, 42a, 42b, 44b, 59a, 65a, 65b |
| svāmin | bdag po | master | 17a |
| hutabhug | me | fire | |
| hetu | rgyu | cause |