bstod pa: 3 definitions

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bstod pa means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

bstod pa (བསྟོད་པ) in Tibetan refers to “eulogies” and represents a category or genre of Literature. Such terms are commonly used to segregate the internal structure of a corpus of Tibetan texts.

Source: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki: Dharma Dictionary

bstod pa (བསྟོད་པ) or “praise” refers to one of the “Eight (worldly) Dharmas” which are known in Tibetan as chos brgyad.

Source: Academia: Examining the Blo sbyong Component in Thogs med bzang po's Collected Works

bstod pa (བསྟོད་པ) refers to “praise/eulogy” (to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and masters) and can be seen as one of the categories (i.e., literary genres) of the Dergé edition of the gSung 'bum (lit. “collected works”)—a text written by thogs med bzang po (1295–1369)—a renowned master of Mind-training practices (in Tibetan: blo sbyong).—The most complete edition of the “Collected Works” (gsung 'bum) is printed in the Dergé Printing House (sDe dge par khang). The texts found therein can be categorized into ten types of writing [e.g., bstod pa].

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context information

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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