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Chöd

Chöd proper noun: a spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

Proper noun

Chöd

  1. A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

Origin of Chöd

Borrowed from Tibetan གཅོད (gcod, “to sever”), short for གཅོད་སྒྲུབ་ཐབས (gcod sgrub thabs), equivalent to Sanskrit छेद साधना (cheda sādhanā); both literally "cutting practice".

Questions about Chöd

What does Chöd mean?
Chöd means a spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.
What part of speech is Chöd?
Chöd is a proper noun.

Words near Chöd in the dictionary

  1. Chétoz
  2. Chézy formula
  3. Chêneau brace
  4. chômeur
  5. chômeurs
  6. Chöd
  7. chörten
  8. chörtens
  9. Chü-mo
  10. Chümoukedima
  11. Chün ware

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