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Dechen

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Dechen
Origin
Language(s)Classical Tibetan
Word/nameབདེཆེན
MeaningGreat bliss

Dechen (Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན, Wylie: bde-chen, ZYPY: Dêqên, Jaques-IPA:bdʔe.tɕʰʔen) is a Tibetan name meaning "great bliss". It is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term mahāsukha (महासुख).[1][2] It is commonly used in Bhutan, Ladakh, Nepal and Tibet. People with the name Dechen include:




References

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  1. ^ 陈观胜 [Chen Guansheng]; 安才旦 [An Caidan] (2004). 《汉英藏对照常见藏语人名地名词典》 [Dictionary of Common Tibetan Personal and Place Names]. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. p. 74. ISBN 7-119-03497-9.
  2. ^ Payne, Richard Karl; Tanaka, Kenneth Kazuo (2004). Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitåabha. University of Hawaii Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-824-82578-0.
  3. ^ "Padma Dechen Bezoekt Nederland", in Dutch Foundation for Ladakhi Nuns: Nieuwsbref 2018, NFLN 2018.
  4. ^ "Bezoek Padma Dechen aan Europa", in Dutch Foundation for Ladakhi Nuns: Nieuwsbref 2020, NFLN 2020.