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Kagyu

Kagyu proper noun: one of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Proper noun

Kagyu

  1. One of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Forms of Kagyu

alternative formKagyü

Origin of Kagyu

From Tibetan བཀའ་བརྒྱུད (bka' brgyud).

Words formed from Kagyu

Questions about Kagyu

What does Kagyu mean?
Kagyu means one of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
What part of speech is Kagyu?
Kagyu is a proper noun.

Words near Kagyu in the dictionary

  1. kagus
  2. Kagutsuchi
  3. Kaguya
  4. kagwang
  5. kagwangs
  6. Kagyu
  7. Kagyü
  8. KAH
  9. kah dai
  10. kaha
  11. kahakō

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