དང་པོ་

དང་པོ། (Wyl. dang po ) Pron.: dangpo

• Skt. प्रथमम्, prathama, Pron.: prathama. From Sanskrit: for | superl. of 1. | rarely declined as a | foremost, first (in time or in a series or in rank) | earliest, primary, original, prior, former | preceding, initial, chief, principal, most excellent | often translatable adverbially = | below | and | firstly, at first, for the first time | just, newly, at once, forthwith (also | formerly, previously | also as | with | = before | or | first--afterwards | first--next | in gram., •scil. | the first consonant of a Varga, a surd unaspirate letter | •scil. | the first (= our 3rd) person or its terminations | •scil. | the first tone | in •math. the sum of the products divided by the difference between the squares of the cosine of the azimuth and the sine of the amplitude [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW