Drukpa

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, Bhutanese).

Proper noun

Drukpa

  1. The Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Noun

Drukpa (plural Drukpas or Drukpa)

  1. A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.

Synonyms

Adjective

Drukpa (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
  2. Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
    • 2006, Zetter, Roger & Watson, Georgia Butina, Designing Sustainable Cities in the Developing World, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 25:
      Other valleys are inhabited by other ethnic groups but it is Drukpa culture that dominates when defining the national language, dress, religion, and architecture.
  3. Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
    His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.

References

  • Dimri, Jaiwanti. The Drukpa Mystique: Bhutan in the 21st Century (2004) →ISBN
  • Dargay, Yonten. History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan Thimphu: NLB (2001) →ISBN