དགེ་སྦྱོང་

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དགེ་སྦྱོང། (Wyl. dge sbyong) n. Pron.: gejong

  • Skt. śramaṇa.
  • Skt. श्रमणः, śramaṇa, Pron.: shramana. From Sanskrit: or | making effort or exertion, toiling, labouring, (•esp.) following a toilsome or menial business | or | base, vile, bad | or | naked | one who performs acts of mortification or austerity, an ascetic, monk, devotee, religious mendicant | a Buddhist monk or mendicant, also applied to Buddha himself | also applied to a Jain ascetic now commonly called Yati | N. of a serpent-demon | or | a female mendicant or nun | a hard-working woman [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW
  • Skt. श्रमणः, śramaṇa, Pron.: shramana. From Sanskrit: or | making effort or exertion, toiling, labouring,

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