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त्रिमण्डल (trimaNDala)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
tri-maṇḍala (nt.
not noted in Pali in these senses), lit. the three circles or spheres:
(1) of giving, viz. the giver, recipient, and act of giving
all must be ‘pure’, i.e. unselfish: (dānasya) dāyakasya pratigrāhakasya trimaṇḍalapariśuddhyā dānapāramitā paripūritā bhavati ŚsP 〔92.15〕
°la-pariśuddham Mvy 〔2537〕 = Tib. ḥkhor gsum (see Das s.v.) yoṅs su dag pa
trimaṇḍala-pariśodhanadāna-parityāgī LV 〔181.8〕 (said of Buddha)
dadato dattvā ca trimaṇḍala-pariśodhitaṃ dānaprāmodyam Śikṣ 〔183.11〕
(2) tri-maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā pūrvaṃ śāstuḥ praṇāmaṃ kārayitvā śaraṇagamana-śikṣāpadāni dadāti Bhīk 〔9a.4〕, here prob. threefold sacred plot of ground (for the rite), see maṇḍala (1), maṇḍalaka (3). In Laṅk 〔35.5〕 trimaṇḍala-padam a-trimaṇḍalapadaṃ, formulaic, no context
precise mg. obscure.
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetan
dkyil 'khor gsum
त्रिमण्डल
khor gsum
त्रिमण्डल