Etymology

bardo

bar·do
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Today it means: The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation. Full definition →

Tibetan བར་དོ
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  1. Tibetan · borrowed fromབར་དོ
  2. English todaybardo

Borrowed from Tibetan བར་དོ (bar do), from བར (bar, “interval”) + དོ (do, “two”), in the sense of an interval between two states.

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