yidam
English
Etymology
from Tibetan ཡི་དམ (yi dam), (Sanskrit: समादान (samādān)[1] or སམཱདཱནི (samādāni))[2]
The word is said to be a contraction of ཡིད་ཀྱི་དམ་ཚིག (yid kyi dam tshig), which means to bind one’s mind ཡིད (yid)་ by promise་དམ་ཚིག (dam tshig).་
Noun
yidam (plural yidams)
References
- Lokesh Chandra (1976) Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, page 2148
- སཾ་བོད་རྒྱ་གསུམ་ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ཚིག་མཛོད། (Sanskrit-Tibetan-Chinese Dictionary)(p 615)
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