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tummo

tummo noun: a Tibetan Buddhist discipline supposed to create heat in the body.

Noun

tummo (uncountable)

  1. A Tibetan Buddhist discipline supposed to create heat in the body.
    • Following a 72-minute immersion in ice in front of the museum on Jan. 26 by Wim Hof, the Dutch-born practitioner of tantric tummo meditation who is known as the Iceman, the tally of people who bought tickets to the museum (and its shows on the art of the Bon, a shamanistic group living in the...2008 March 12, Celia Mcgee, “He’s Hauling in the Visitors by Livening Up the Events”, in New York Times

Origin of tummo

Borrowed from Tibetan གཏུམ་མོ (gtum mo, literally “fierce woman”).

Questions about tummo

What does tummo mean?
Tummo means a Tibetan Buddhist discipline supposed to create heat in the body.
What part of speech is tummo?
Tummo is a noun.

Words near tummo in the dictionary

  1. Tumminellos
  2. tummit
  3. tummits
  4. tummler
  5. tummlers
  6. tummo
  7. tummock
  8. tummocks
  9. tummy
  10. tummy ache
  11. tummy aches

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