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'''Daka''' (Skt. ''ḍāka''; Tib. ''pawo''<ref>Strictly speaking the Tibetan for ''ḍāka'' is ''khandro'' (while the Tibetan for ''ḍākinī'' is ''khandroma''). The Tibetan word ''pawo'', literally meaning a hero, actually translates the Sanskrit word ''vīra''.</ref> ; [[Wyl.]] ''dpa' bo''), literally 'hero' — the tantric equivalent of a [[bodhisattva]] and the female equivalent of a [[dakini]].
'''Daka''' (Skt. ''ḍāka''; Tib. ''pawo''<ref>Strictly speaking the Tibetan for ''ḍāka'' is ''khandro'' (while the Tibetan for ''ḍākinī'' is ''khandroma''). The Tibetan word ''pawo'', literally meaning a hero, actually translates the Sanskrit word ''vīra''.</ref> ; [[Wyl.]] ''dpa' bo''), literally 'hero' — the tantric equivalent of a [[bodhisattva]] and the male equivalent of a [[dakini]].


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Revision as of 10:30, 1 November 2009

Daka (Skt. ḍāka; Tib. pawo[1] ; Wyl. dpa' bo), literally 'hero' — the tantric equivalent of a bodhisattva and the male equivalent of a dakini.

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  1. Strictly speaking the Tibetan for ḍāka is khandro (while the Tibetan for ḍākinī is khandroma). The Tibetan word pawo, literally meaning a hero, actually translates the Sanskrit word vīra.