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tukdam

tukdam noun: an advanced state of meditation believed to be attained by some experienced meditators following their deaths.

Noun

tukdam (uncountable)

  1. (Tibetan) An advanced state of meditation believed to be attained by some experienced meditators following their deaths.
    • Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche passed away quite suddenly, but after he died he remained in tukdam for quite a while, longer than the sun was in the sky that day.1999 August 1, Erik Pema Kunsang, Marcia Binder Schmidt, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, As it is, volume 1, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, →ISBN, page 25
    • The signs of tukdam are that the heart remains warm, rigor mortis does not set in, and the body does not begin to deteriorate.2009 November 10, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Uncommon Happiness, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, →ISBN, page 9

Forms of tukdam

alternative formthukdam

Origin of tukdam

Borrowed from Tibetan ཐུགས་དམ (thugs dam).

Questions about tukdam

What does tukdam mean?
Tukdam means an advanced state of meditation believed to be attained by some experienced meditators following their deaths.
What part of speech is tukdam?
Tukdam is a noun.

Words near tukdam in the dictionary

  1. tuk tuk
  2. tuk tuks
  3. tuk-tuk
  4. tuk-tuks
  5. Tukanoan
  6. tukdam
  7. Tukde Tukde Gang
  8. Tuke
  9. Tukeit Hill frog
  10. Tukeit Hill frogs
  11. Tukes

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