ཡི་དམ

Tibetan

Etymology

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Particularly: “The word is said to be a contraction of ཡིད་ཀྱི་དམ་ཚིག (yid kyi dam tshig), which means to bind one’s mind ཡིད (yid) by promise དམ་ཚིག (dam tshig).”

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ji.dam/
Lhasa: /ji˩˨.təm˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ji.dam/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: yi^v-dacm^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ji˩˨.təm˥˥/

Noun

ཡི་དམ • (yi dam)

(Buddhism) yidam (a type of deity associated with tantric or Vajrayana Buddhism said to be manifestations of Buddhahood or enlightened mind)

Descendants

→ English: yidam