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संभिन्नव्यञ्जन (saMbhinnavyaJjana)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
saṃbhinna-vyañjana, nt., or °nā, adj. or subst. (= Pali saṃbhinnā, Vin. 〔ii.271.26〕
cf. saṃbhinna), a hermaphrodite of a special type, whose sex organs are not clearly either male or female: °nam Mvy 〔9514〕, °nā 〔8927〕, = Tib. gle (on 〔8927〕 also sle) gdams (also ḥdams, ḥthams) pa, cf. Das gle ḥdams ma (2) hermaphrodite (so Jap. on 〔9514〕
Chin. on 〔8927〕 a male without a penis)
vyañjanaṃ (of the woman candidate for initiation) pratyavekṣitavyam, avyañjanā ubhayavyañjanā saṃbhinna-°nā veti Bhīk 〔11a.4〕
[Page580-b] (sc. asi) °nā 16a.5 (in the formal questioning of the initiate).
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetan
gle 'thams pa
संभिन्नव्यञ्जन
gle gdams pa
संभिन्नव्यञ्जन