˜yĐÄvlog

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dorje

[ dawr-juh ]

noun

Lamaism.
  1. a small trident symbolizing power.


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dorje1

1880–85; < Tibetan rdo rje (the initial r is absent in Tibetan pronunciation)
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Rinchin Dorje, who was in his mid-twenties during the war, says he remembers seeing dead bodies of Indian soldiers on the roads.

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“Nobody knows what’s going on in Lhasa, and we don’t know what’s going on in other places,” said Dorje Gyaltshen, a 26-year-old Tibetan restaurant worker who was stuck in his small, rented room for more than 80 days.

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Dorje Gyaltshen, a 26-year-old Tibetan restaurant worker, told The Washington Post that he had been stuck in his small, rented room in Lhasa for almost three months.

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He was later confirmed by several other lamas as the eighth Terchen Taksham Rinpoche — the first one of whom was born under the name Taksham NĂŒden Dorje in 1655.

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The record for climbing Mount Everest is eight hours 10 minutes, achieved by Pemba Dorje Sherpa in 2004.

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