རྣམ་ཐར

Tibetan

Etymology

Contracted form of རྣམ་པར་ཐར་པ (rnam par thar pa, “complete liberation”). Possibly a calque of Sanskrit विमोक्ष (vimokṣa, “final liberation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

རྣམ་ཐར • (rnam thar)

  1. (Vajrayana Buddhism) namtar, hagiography, biography, life story; biographical notes about yogis
  2. song or aria from Tibetan operas

Descendants

  • → English: namtar
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