Headword |
གསེར་ཆོས། gser chos |
Translation |
(1) gold/golden edition of scripture/treatise
(2) name of a cycle of Buddhist (Tantric) teaching in the Sa-skya and Shangs-pa-bka'-brgyud schools. |
Description |
Wangchuk 2016: 372 “The term gser chos seems to be employed at least in two senses, namely, (a) in its literal sense of scriptures written with gold (or golden) ink, and (b) in a metaphorical (or an ornamental) sense, as in the case of the gser chos known in the Shangs pa bka’ brgyud and Sa skya schools. Both are lexically attested.³”
“³ For a recent discussion of the term gser chos, see Hufen 2010: 112–117. See also the Tshig mdzod chen mo (s.v. gser bris) & Dung dkar tshig mdzod (s.v. gser chos): mthing shog gi ngos su gser zhun gyis bris pa’i dpe chos. See also Yul shul bsTan ’dzin dar rgyas, Lam ’bras tshig mdzod (p. 470) for gser chos and gser chos bcu gsum. The expression gser chos bcu gsum is recorded in the Tshig mdzod chen mo (s.v.): tshar lugs las lcags ri’i phyi rol tu mi ’da’ ba’i chos te | mkha’ spyod skor gsum | dmar chen skor gsum | dmar chung skor gsum | ’chi med rdo rje lha mo | dzam dmar | seng gdong ma | ’jam dpal nag po ste bcu gsum|. See also Yul shul bsTan ’dzin dar rgyas, Lam ’bras tshig mdzod (p. 433), where the thirteen are listed under sa skya’i gser chos bcu gsum. This expression is, however, not recorded in Nor brang’s Chos rnam kun btus.” |
Sources for Term |
Wangchuk 2016. |
