Where does “ཆོས་སྐྱོང” come from?
ཆོས་སྐྱོང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཆོས — religion; scripture, classic; dharma.
ཆོས་སྐྱོང (Tibetan): dharmapala
Definitions
- dharmapala
Ancestry of “ཆོས་སྐྱོང”, step by step
ཆོས་སྐྱོང traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan ཆོས
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཆོས | religion; scripture, classic; dharma |
via Sanskrit धर्मपाल
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | धर्मपाल | — |
via Tibetan སྐྱོང
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | སྐྱོང | to keep, to maintain, to sustain |