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'''Daka''' (Skt. ''ḍāka''; Tib. [[དཔའ་བོ་]], ''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> | '''Daka''' (Skt. ''ḍāka''; Tib. [[དཔའ་བོ་]], ''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 or virile one, 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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Latest revision as of 11:59, 12 December 2018
Daka (Skt. ḍāka; Tib. དཔའ་བོ་, pawo[1], Wyl. dpa' bo), literally 'hero' — the tantric equivalent of a bodhisattva and the male equivalent of a dakini.
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- ↑ Strictly speaking the Tibetan for ḍāka is khandro (while the Tibetan for ḍākinī is khandroma). The Tibetan word pawo, literally meaning a hero or virile one, actually translates the Sanskrit word vīra.