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Bhutan's Culture Dzongs |
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Dzongs in Bhutan - Glossary |
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A |
| anim |
nun |
anim
goempa |
nunnery |
| arhats |
followers
(those who had extinguished all defilements) |
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B |
| bazam,
bazaam |
wooden
roofed cantilever bridge , traditional bridge |
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bdud
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demon
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Buddha Sakyamuni |
founder of the faith and is represented in all the Buddhist schools in the country |
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C |
| chams
champon
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religious
dances
master dancer |
choep |
water offering
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| choeps
chodey lhengtshog |
local
monks
religious commission |
Choekhang |
open hall for religious discourse |
| choejey |
hereditary
nobles |
| chupen |
messenger |
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D |
| dharma |
Buddhist
teaching |
dhukhang |
congregation
hall, meeting hall for monks |
doe
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great
altar representing the universe |
dongkhep
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cover
of a thangka
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| dongyu zinpa |
lineage holders |
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Dra-phu
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meditation
cave
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Draps
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workers
of the Lam
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dratshang
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central
monk body
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Lhentshog |
Council
for Religious Affairs |
Druk
Gyalpo |
King
of Bhutan |
dzong
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fort-monastery
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E |
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F |
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G |
gelongs |
monks |
geomba |
Buddhist
monastery |
goenkhang |
inner
chapel of the lhakhang |
goenpos |
deitiy |
goenwang
drubchog |
ritual
ceremonies |
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Gonpoi
Tongtshog Tangra
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offering
to the country's guardian deities
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gomchens
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lay
monks
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H |
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I |
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J |
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japhop
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bowl
for tea or curry
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jhou |
Lord
Buddha image |
Je
Khenpo |
Chief
Abbot |
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K |
karme
kom
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butter
lamp
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Karsapani |
self created image of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvaraon a bone relic |
| kasho |
edict |
| kudung |
relics
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| Kuenrey |
congregation hall, common
hall, prayer hall
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Kuenyer |
caretaker |
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L |
| lam |
one who conducts funeral rites |
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lhakhang
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monastery
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| lhatsho |
scared pond |
| Lopen |
highest
ranking lama just under His Holiness Je Khenpo |
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Luu
Chok
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religious
ceremony for sub-surface spirits
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| Lyonpo |
minister |
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M |
| Machen
Zimpon |
chamberlain
for Zhabdrung
Ngawang
Namgyal's embalmed
body
in Punakha Dzong
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mani lakhor
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prayer wheels
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melong
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painting
of a thangka
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| menjim |
precious substances |
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N |
| namkha |
thread-cross construction |
nangten |
religious
treasure |
Ngag |
mantra
recitation |
Ngakpa |
lay
monk |
Ngachham |
Dance
of the Drums |
nye
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sacred
place
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| nyendar |
monetary
offering |
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P |
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Q |
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S |
Sa
Chhoe Jhin Gi Lap |
blessing
of the site |
saga
dawa |
fourth
Bhutanese month |
serdang |
ceremonial
procession |
serto |
golden
pinnacle |
sertog |
gilded
pinnacle |
| suja |
butter
tea |
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T |
| tarey |
horse stable |
Tashichhodzong
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fortress
of glorious religion
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ting |
offering bowl |
ten |
sacred
artifact |
terchham |
treasure
dance |
| terton |
treasure
discoverer |
thangka |
scroll
painting |
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thanja
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textile
around the painting of a thangka
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Thri
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admonition |
| thrikhang |
religious
podium |
| thudam |
permanent retreat |
torma
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sacrificial
food offering
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Tshechu |
mask
dance festival |
| thudam |
permanent retreat |
| tshamkhang |
meditation quarter |
| tshethar |
Buddhist
practice of saving animal lives |
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U |
| Uraps
Utse
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people of Ura
central
tower
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V |
| Vajrayana
practices of Ngak |
recitation
of mantras |
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W |
| wang-lung-thri-sum |
blessing,
oral transmission and admonition |
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wang
tshochengye
woola
wonju |
the
eight great clans or geogs
voluntary
labour contribution
blouse |
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Y |
| yeshey
semba
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essence
of primordial wisdom deity
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Z |
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal
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(1594-1651) ,a great spiritual personality and leader who brought an end to warring factions and unified the country into one nation, establishing a theocracy. |
Zhabdrung
Dagnangmai Tshewand |
blessing
for long life |
Zheps |
noblemen
dancers |
| zhungdra |
classical
song sung in meditative style without music
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zungs
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sacred
relics
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