སྐུ་གདུང

Tibetan

Etymology

སྐུ (sku) +‎ གདུང (gdung)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*sku.gduŋ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*sku.gduŋ/ (reconstructed)

Noun

སྐུ་གདུང • (sku gdung)

1. relics

   Synonym: རིང་བསྲེལ (ring bsrel)

2. reliquary
3. (honorific) corpse, dead body, remains

   Synonyms: སྐུ་ཕུང (sku phung), གདུང་རྟེན (gdung rten)

4. descendants

References

• “སྐུ་གདུང” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.