བར་དོ

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bar.do/
• Lhasa: /pʰaː(ɹ)˩˨.to˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bar.do/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: par^v-do^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰaː(ɹ)˩˨.to˥˥/

Noun

བར་དོ • (bar do)

1. (Buddhism) An intermediate or in-between state in the cycle of death and rebirth, often portrayed as a place in which the soul resides between death and being reborn into the world; bardo, limbo.

Descendants

• → English: bardo