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... ( Tibetan : " Model of Virtue " ) , also called YELLOW HAT SECT , since the 17th century , the predominant Buddhist order in Tibet and the sect of the Dalai and Panchen lamas . The Dge - lugs - pa sect was founded in the late 14th century ...
... ( Tibetan : " Model of Virtue " ) , also called YELLOW HAT SECT , since the 17th century , the predominant Buddhist order in Tibet and the sect of the Dalai and Panchen lamas . The Dge - lugs - pa sect was founded in the late 14th century ...
Page 56
... Tibetan DRAG - GSHED ( “ cruel , wrathful hangman " ) , in Tibetan Buddhism , any one of a group of eight divinities who , though benevolent , are represented as hideous and ferocious in order to instill terror in evil spirits . Worship ...
... Tibetan DRAG - GSHED ( “ cruel , wrathful hangman " ) , in Tibetan Buddhism , any one of a group of eight divinities who , though benevolent , are represented as hideous and ferocious in order to instill terror in evil spirits . Worship ...
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... Tibetan CHOMOLUNGMA , Chinese ( Wade - Giles romanization ) CHU- MU - LANG - MA FENG , ( Pinyin ) QOMOLANGMA FENG , peak on the crest of the Himalayan range in Asia , the highest point on Earth . It lies on the undemarcated Nepal ...
... Tibetan CHOMOLUNGMA , Chinese ( Wade - Giles romanization ) CHU- MU - LANG - MA FENG , ( Pinyin ) QOMOLANGMA FENG , peak on the crest of the Himalayan range in Asia , the highest point on Earth . It lies on the undemarcated Nepal ...
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