噶当派

Traditional form:

噶當派

Pinyin (reading):

Gádāngpài

Definitions:

• Bkar-dgam-pa sect of Tibetan Buddhism

Characters:

• 噶 - used in transliterations
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 派 - clique, faction, group, sect

Traditional characters:

• 噶 - used in transliterations
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 派 - clique, faction, group, sect