Drukpa Kagyu

proper noun

The leading school of Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Drukpa Kagyud · alternative Drukpa Kagyüd · alternative Drukpa Kargyu · alternative Drukpa Kargyud · alternative Drukpa Kargyü

  1. TibetanBuddhismThe leading school of Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan.

Origin

  1. dz,boའབྲུག་པ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད
  2. EnglishDrukpa Kagyu

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད ('brug pa bka' brgyud).

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Drukpa Kagyu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Drukpa%20Kagyu

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