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| − | Khorlo (Tib.: འཁོར་ལོ་; 'khor-lo) means: 'wheel', 'round', '[[mandala]]', 'chakra', '[[samsara]]'. | + | [[Khorlo]] (Tib.: {{BigTibetan|[[འཁོར་ལོ་]]}}; '[[khor-lo]]) means: '[[wheel]]', '[[round]]', '[[mandala]]', '[[chakra]]', '[[samsara]]'. |
| − | It appears in the names of some tantric deities such as [[Chakrasamvara]] ('khor-lo bde-mchog, "wheel of great bliss") and [[Kalachakra]] (dus-kyi 'khor-lo, "wheel of time"). | + | It appears in the names of some [[tantric deities]] such as [[Chakrasamvara]] ('[[khor-lo bde-mchog]], "[[wheel of great bliss]]") and [[Kalachakra]] ([[dus-kyi 'khor-lo]], "[[wheel of time]]"). |
| − | With a different connotation, it can also refer to [[samsara]], or worldly, mundane life, full of suffering (as in "to flow together") | + | With a different connotation, it can also refer to [[samsara]], or [[worldly]], [[mundane]] [[life]], full of [[suffering]] (as in "to flow together") |
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Latest revision as of 21:45, 15 April 2014
Khorlo (Tib.: འཁོར་ལོ་; 'khor-lo) means: 'wheel', 'round', 'mandala', 'chakra', 'samsara'.
It appears in the names of some tantric deities such as Chakrasamvara ('khor-lo bde-mchog, "wheel of great bliss") and Kalachakra (dus-kyi 'khor-lo, "wheel of time").
With a different connotation, it can also refer to samsara, or worldly, mundane life, full of suffering (as in "to flow together")
