wind horse

noun

An allegory for the human soul in the shamanistic tradition of East and Central Asia.

OriginTibetan རླུང་རྟ →
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Meanings

noun
  1. An allegory for the human soul in the shamanistic tradition of East and Central Asia.

Origin

  1. Tibetanརླུང་རྟ
  2. Englishwind horse

Calque of Tibetan རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 風馬 /风马
  • 風馬 /风马 (fēngmǎ)allegory for the human soul
Danish vindhest
  • vindhestallegory for the human soul
Finnish tuulihevonen
  • tuulihevonenallegory for the human soul
French cheval du vent
  • cheval du ventallegory for the human soul
German Windpferd
  • Windpferdallegory for the human soul
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Chicago

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