དུག་ཅན་

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དུག་ཅན། (Wyl. dug can ) Pron.: dukchen

  • Skt. सागरः, sāgara, Pron.: sagara. From Sanskrit: fr. 2. | the ocean | see 2. | p.1125 | another legend asserts that the bed of the ocean was dug by the sons of Sagara ; 3 or 4 or 7 oceans are reckoned | 1 | an ocean | as expressing any vast body or inexhaustible mass | often | a symbolical expression for the number, 'four' (like other words signifying 'ocean') | a •partic. high number (= 10 Padmas) | a sort of deer | N. of a serpent-demon | of the third Arhat of the past Utsarpiṇī | of one of the 10 orders of mendicants traced back to disciples of Śaṃkarācārya | of various persons | of two authors and of a •wk. on Dharma | of a place | the sons of Sagara | N. of a town | relating to the sea, marine [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW