Etymology

tulku

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Today it means: A high-ranking lama who can choose the manner of his or her rebirth. Full definition →

Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ
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  1. Tibetan · borrowed fromསྤྲུལ་སྐུ“tulku”
  2. English todaytulku

Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ (sprul sku, “tulku”).

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