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dorje

/dawr-juh/US // ˈdɔr dʒə //

多尔杰,多尔吉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Lamaism.

    • : a small trident symbolizing power.

Examples

  • A letter was sent Dorje Phagmo, asking if she would receive three British officers, including the antiquary of the expedition.

  • The classical keraunos is still preserved in Tibet as the dorje, which is identified with Indra's thunderbolt, the vajra.

  • No wonder that the original Dorje preserved at the Sera monastery has become an object of actual worship.

  • It often has half a Dorje as a handle, or the handle is ornamented with various mystical symbols carved on it.

  • The handle is composed of a Dorje (p. 322), and is surmounted by carvings of the heads of the three most powerful Dragsheds.