堪布

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Chinese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po), originally calqued from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Pronunciation


Noun

堪布

  1. (Tibetan Buddhism) khenpo (degree for higher Buddhist studies given in Tibetan Buddhism)

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