Definitions
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- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A salmon in its second year.
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- noun UK, dialect, obsolete A
salmon in its second year.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Alex: First of all, it is important to understand the technical term involved here, ngo-sprod, which you have cited in its usual translation as “to introduce.”
Inspiration (���Blessings���) and Its Relation to Mantras and Oral Transmission 2008
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Alex: First of all, it is important to understand the technical term involved here, ngo-sprod, which you have cited in its usual translation as “to introduce.”
Inspiration (���Blessings���) and Its Relation to Mantras and Oral Transmission 2008
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[See: Mind and Mental Factors: The Fifty-one Types of Subsidiary Awareness.] “Knowing the mind, face to face” (sems-kyi ngo-sprod) literally means “meeting the face of the mind.”
A Commentary on A Root Text for Gelug-Kagyu Mahamudra the First Panchen Lama Lozang-chokyi-gyeltsen 2006
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Since the reforms of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, those who go on to the higher Geshe degree, Geshe Lharampa (dGe-bshes Lha-ram-pa), must complete six years of Gelug Examination Level study (dGe-lugs rgyugs-sprod).
Overview of the Gelug Monastic Education System Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II 2003
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In Tibet, at the end of each year of study there were only two examinations (rgyugs-sprod).
Overview of the Gelug Monastic Education System Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II 2003
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At the end of each year of study, monks must pass an examination (rgyugs-sprod) to go on to the next class.
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Our dzogchen masters may help us to recognize it by introducing us directly (ngo-sprod).
Fundamentals of Dzogchen Meditation ��� 2 The Steps of Dzogchen Meditation 2001
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Bla-ma'i ngo-sprod rmus-long mig-'byed (Introduction by the Guru to Open Blind Eyes).
Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship ��� Bibliography 2000
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As for the suggestion of _sprod_ and _salar_, I cannot think it a happy one; salmon (_leaxus_) had been already mentioned; and
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And these eyes, as she afterwards described it, "sprod in her head" at what she saw.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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