Glossary

Types of attestation for names and terms of the corresponding source language

This term is attested in a manuscript used as a source for this translation.

This term is attested in other manuscripts with a parallel or similar context.

This term is attested in dictionaries matching Tibetan to the corresponding language.

The attestation of this name is approximate. It is based on other names where the relationship between the Tibetan and source language is attested in dictionaries or other manuscripts.

This term is a reconstruction based on the Tibetan phonetic rendering of the term.

This term is a reconstruction based on the semantics of the Tibetan translation.

This term has been supplied from an unspecified source, which most often is a widely trusted dictionary.