English Explanatory Dictionary

Chöd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

Word forms

Chöd

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཅོད (gcod, “to sever”), short for གཅོད་སྒྲུབ་ཐབས (gcod sgrub thabs), equivalent to Sanskrit छेद साधना (cheda sādhanā); both literally "cutting practice".

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