Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chöd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chod
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཅོད (gcod, “to sever”), short for གཅོད་སྒྲུབ་ཐབས (gcod sgrub thabs), equivalent to Sanskrit छेद साधना (cheda sādhanā); both literally "cutting practice".

Word Breakdown

  • Root: གཅོད

Questions

What does chöd mean?
A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.
Where does chöd come from?
Borrowed from Tibetan གཅོད (gcod, “to sever”), short for གཅོད་སྒྲུབ་ཐབས (gcod sgrub thabs), equivalent to Sanskrit छेद साधना (cheda sādhanā); both literally "cutting practice".

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