ཐེམ་པ་

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ཐེམ་པ། (Wyl. them pa ) Pron.: tempa

  • Skt. न्यासः, nyāsa, Pron.: nyasa. From Sanskrit: putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down | putting away, taking off, laying aside | abandoning, resigning | depositing, intrusting, delivering | any deposit or pledge | written or literal text | lowering (the voice) | (in music) the final tone | bringing forward, introducing | consigning or intrusting anything to the mind | mental appropriation or assignment of various parts of the body to tutelary deities | N. of •sev. works., (•esp.) of a | on [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW