Where does “tulku” come from?
tulku (English) comes from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ, from Tibetan སྐུ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-kəw — body; chest; thorax; corpse.
tulku (English): In Tibetan Buddhism, a high-ranking lama who can...
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- In Tibetan Buddhism, a high-ranking lama who can...
Ancestry of “tulku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tibetan | སྤྲུལ་སྐུ | "Tulku" ; "emanation body", reincarnation |
| 2 | Tibetan | སྐུ | body; image, statue |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | s-kəw | body; chest; thorax; corpse |