WikiWord

English

Chöd

name

Meaning

  1. A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

Etymology / origin

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".

Sources

No citations have been attached yet.