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=== Etymology === | === Etymology === | ||
*Dorjelang's name drives its inspiration from Tibetan with the first part of his name རྡོ་རྗེ། ''rdo-rje'', meaning "diamond" or "indestructible" and referencing the dorje (also known as vajra), a ritualistic tool in Tibetan Buddhism.<ref>Wikipedia: {{w|Vajra}}</ref> Dorje is also a common male given name in Tibet.<ref>Wikitionary: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%97%E0%BD%BA རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje)]</ref> The second part of his name, ལང ''lang'', means "to rise".<ref>Wikitionary: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%84 ལང (lang)]</ref> | *Dorjelang's name drives its inspiration from Tibetan with the first part of his name རྡོ་རྗེ། ''rdo-rje'', meaning "diamond" or "indestructible" and referencing the dorje (also known as vajra), a ritualistic tool in Tibetan Buddhism.<ref>Wikipedia: {{w|Vajra}}</ref> Dorje is also a common male given name in Tibet.<ref>Wikitionary: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%97%E0%BD%BA རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje)]</ref> The second part of his name, ལང ''lang'', means "to rise".<ref>Wikitionary: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%84 ལང (lang)]</ref> | ||
*Tashi Delek (བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས) is a common Tibetan greeting. The first part བཀྲ་ཤིས ''tashi'' can be translated into "auspicious" while the second part བདེ་ལེགས ''delek'' means "well" or "fine". This expression can be understood as "Blessings and good luck".<ref>Wikipedia: {{w| | *Tashi Delek (བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས) is a common Tibetan greeting. The first part བཀྲ་ཤིས ''tashi'' can be translated into "auspicious" while the second part བདེ་ལེགས ''delek'' means "well" or "fine". This expression can be understood as "Blessings and good luck".<ref>Wikipedia: {{w|Tashi delek}}</ref> | ||
==Other Languages== | ==Other Languages== | ||