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tangka

tangka is the alternative form of thangka.

Meaning of thangka

Noun

thangka (plural thangka or thangkas)

  1. A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a prayer flag.
    • When the talks by Lama Thubten Yeshe on Buddhist and Christian meditation were published, the text included a reproduction of a Christian icon and a Tibetan thangka.1996, Gerald Christianson, Thomas M. Izbicki, editors, Nicholas of Cusa on Christ and the Church, BRILL, →ISBN, page 265

Forms of tangka

pluraltangkas

Questions about tangka

What is tangka the alternative form of?
Tangka is the alternative form of thangka.

Words near tangka in the dictionary

  1. Tangipahoa Parish
  2. tangis
  3. Tangiwai
  4. tangiwaite
  5. Tangjamba
  6. tangka
  7. tangkas
  8. Tangkhul
  9. Tangkhuls
  10. Tangkic
  11. Tangku

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tangka (page history and authors); thangka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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