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'''Gendün''' ({{bo|t=དགེ་འདུན}}) is a [[Tibetan culture|Tibetan]] personal name meaning "[[sangha]]". |
'''Gendün''' ({{bo|t=དགེ་འདུན}}) is a [[Tibetan culture|Tibetan]] personal name meaning "[[sangha]]". Gendün is its spelling in the [[Tournadre Simplified Phonetic Transcription|Tournadre]] and [[Tibetan transcription (THDL)|THDL Simplified]] transcription systems; it is also written ''Dge-'dun'' in [[Tibetan transliteration (Wylie)|Wylie transliteration]], Gêdün in [[Tibetan Pinyin]], Gendun, Gedun, or Gedhun. Its pronunciation in the [[Lhasa dialect]] is [{{IPA|kẽ̀tyn}}]. |
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Notable persons whose names include "Gendün" include: |
Notable persons whose names include "Gendün" include: |
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Revision as of 03:49, 3 January 2007
Gendün (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན) is a Tibetan personal name meaning "sangha". Gendün is its spelling in the Tournadre and THDL Simplified transcription systems; it is also written Dge-'dun in Wylie transliteration, Gêdün in Tibetan Pinyin, Gendun, Gedun, or Gedhun. Its pronunciation in the Lhasa dialect is [kẽ̀tyn].
Notable persons whose names include "Gendün" include:
- Gendun Drub, the 1st Dalai Lama;
- Gendun Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama;
- Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama according to Tibetan exile groups;
- Gendun Choephel, a monk, scholar, and political prisoner;
- Gendun Rinpoche, a notable Karma Kagyu lama.
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