Thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya
The thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya (Tib. ལོངས་སྐུའི་རྒྱན་ཆས་བཅུ་གསུམ་, long kü gyen ché chu sum, Wyl. longs sku'i rgyan chas bcu gsum) are:
- the five silk adornments (Tib. དར་གྱི་ཆོས་གོས་ལྔ་, dar gyi chögö nga, Wyl. dar gyi chos gos lnga)
- headband (Wyl. cod pan)
- upper garment (Wyl. stod g.yogs)
- long scarf (Wyl. dar dbyangs)
- belt (Wyl. sku rags)
- lower garment (Wyl. smad dkris)[1]
and
- the eight jewel ornaments (Tib. རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་རྒྱན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. rin po che'i rgyan brgyad)
- jewel of the crown (dbu rgyan)
- earrings (snyan rgyan)
- short necklace or neck-band (mgul rgyan)
- armlets or shoulder-straps (dpung rgyan)
- two long necklaces (one longer than the other) (do shal and se mo do )
- bracelets (phyag gdub)
- anklets (zhabs gdub)
- rings (sor gdub)[2]
Or
- crown (dbu rgyan)
- earrings (snyan rgyan)
- neck-band (mgul rgyan)
- shoulder-straps (dpung rgyan)
- mid-length necklace (do shal)
- long necklace (se mo do)
- bracelets (gdu bu)
- girdle (ska rags) or its tassels ( 'og pag)
Notes
- ↑ Padmakara, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, page 267.
- ↑ Padmakara, Words of my Perfect Teacher, page 267.
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