Drukpa

Meanings

Noun

  • The Drukpa Kagyu (also Drukpa Kargyu) school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Adjective

  • Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
  • Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
  • Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Origin

  • From Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ.

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