gān​dān​sì

Ganden Monastery

  • created sense approved 甘丹寺 · gān​dān​sì · Ganden Monastery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    甘丹寺

    gān​dān​sì

    Ganden Monastery

    A major Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in Dagzê County, Lhasa, Tibet. It was founded in 1409 by [[宗喀巴|宗喀巴|zong1 ka1 ba1]], the founder of the Gelug school, and is considered one of the 'three great' monasteries of Lhasa along with [[哲蚌寺|哲蚌寺|zhe2 bang4 si4]] and [[色拉寺|色拉寺|se4 la1 si4]].

    甘 (phonetic) 丹 (phonetic) 寺 (bound) → 寺 · sì · temple

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