Drukpa

English

Etymology

From Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་ཡུལ ('brug yul, "country of Bhutan"); འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ ('brug rgyal khab, "Kingdom of Bhutan"); from Dzongkha འབྲུག ('brug, "Bhutan"); འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, "Bhutanese").

Noun

Drukpa (plural Drukpa)

1. A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.
   • From http://aprilgreenwood.com/archives/107

     The Drukpa have a rich tradition of dress and ornamentation designed to hold up to the cold Himalayan weather.

   • From http://www.traveltoursindia.com/bhutan.html

     Bhutanese refer to themselves as Drukpa people.

   • From http://www.ipcs.org/newDatabaseIndex2.jsp?database=1001&country2=Bhutan

     Collectively called the Drukpas, the Bhutanese people generally speak the official state language, Dzongkha, although several dialects are also used.

2. The Drukpa Kagyu (also Drukpa Kargyu ) school of Tibetan Buddhism.
   • The Drukpa is a major sect within the Kagyupa school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Synonyms

• Bhutanese

Adjective

Drukpa (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
2. Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
   • 2006, Zetter, Roger & Watson, Georgia Butina, Designing Sustainable Cities in the Developing World, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 0754643557, page 25:

     Other valleys are inhabited by other ethnic groups but it is Drukpa culture that dominates when defining the national language, dress, religion, and architecture.

3. Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
   • His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.

References

• The Drukpa lineage goes around the world in Kuensel Online, 2008-08-01
• The Drukpa of Bhutan
• Dimri, Jaiwanti. The Drukpa Mystique: Bhutan in the 21st Century (2004) ISBN 8172731566
• Dargay, Yonten. History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan Thimphu: NLB (2001) ISBN 9993661600