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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MUNI Arts: Kalachakra and the twenty-five Kulika kings of Shambhala

Thopa in Tibetan (wylie: thod pa) refers to the Sanskrit Kapāla (“skull-cup”) which represents one of the attributes of Pārtiva or Rigden Sakyong—one of the Twenty-five Kulikas as well as one of the traditional Shambhala rulers.— His attributes are a curved knife or chopper (Sanskrit Kartrī, Kartari; Tibetan: drigug [gri gug]) and a skull or skull-cup (Sanskrit: Kapāla; Tibetan: thopa [thod pa], kapala [ka pa la], bandha [ban dha], dungchen [dung chen]).—Rigden Sakyong is known in Tibetan (wylie) as rigs ldan sa skyong; and in Sanskrit as: Kulika Pārthiva (or Mahīpāla).

Thopa or “skull-cup” also represents one of the attributes of Maheśvara or Rigden Wangchug.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

thōpa (थोप).—f State of being stopped and brought up (as of a boat): the dashing against (of water): also any erection to receive and break this dash, a breakwater. 2 Stopping, a stop, a rest: also a place to stop or rest. Ex. hyā ḍōṅgarānta caḍhatānnā tīna thōpī ghyāvyā lāgatāta. 3 A dam across a stream, or a rock &c. within it; any cause of stoppage. 4 fig. A terminus or term; an end or a limit assigned. v rākha, sambhāḷa, ṭāḷa, ṭaḷa. Ex. tyācyā śambhara rupayāñcī thōpa myāṃ sambhāḷalī. 5 Standing fast; hold ing on; maintaining one's ground. v rākha, ṭhēva, dhara, sambhāḷa g. of o.; also buḍava or baḍa in the sense of Ruining or of being ruined. Ex. tumhī kacērīnta bōlūna mājhī thōpa or ābarūcī thōpa sambhāḷā: also keeping one's place or preserving one's credit. Ex. tujhyā śērabhara tupānēṃ mājhyā prayōjanācī or jēvaṇācī thōpa sambhāḷalī; ēvaḍhyā rupayānnīṃ mājhī thōpa dharalī.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

thōpa (थोप).—f State of being stopped and brought up (as of a boat). Stopping, a rest; also a place to stop or rest. Ex. hyā ḍōṅgarānta caḍhatānnā tīna thōpī ghyāvyā lāgatāta. Fig. A terminus or term, an end or a limit assigned. v rākha, sambhāḷa, ḍhāḷa. Stand- ing fast, holding on, maintaining one's ground. v rākha,ṭhēva, dhara, sambhāḷa Also keep- ing one's place or preserving one's credit. Ex. tujhyā śērabhara tupānēṃ mājhyā prayō- janācī thōpa sambhāḷalī.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Thopā (थोपा):—n. pl. of थोपो [thopo]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Thopadavaika, Thopana, Thopanem, Thopara, Thoparathapar, Thoparathapara, Thoparnu, Thopatanem, Thopatavaika, Thopathopi, Thopatimva, Thopavathopava, Thopavinem, Topa, Topanacini.

Ends with: Topa.

Full-text: Thopathopi, Rigden wangchug, Rigden sakyong, Kartari, ban dha, Drigug, Kartri, thod pa, dung chen, Bandha, Kapala, gri gug, ka pa la.

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