The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2426 page)

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Tanjur
(bstan.’gyur, ‘translated doctrine’). The secondary part of the Tibetan Buddhist canon complementing the
Kanjur
, and which comprises all treatises
(Skt.,
stra
) and commentaries on Buddhist doctrine available in Tibet prior to the 1959 Chinese invasion. The collection numbers many hundreds of volumes. See further
TRIPI
AKA
.
Tanka Tennen
(Jap. for Chinese Ch’an/Zen master)
:
Ta
kh
h
(Pañj
b
, ‘a fine’). Penalty imposed on lapsed Sikhs. The ta
kh
h imposed is normally
sev
(service) of the sa
gat (congregation), e.g. minding shoes, sweeping the
gurdw
r
, or else additional daily recitation of
nitnem
(prayers from the
di
Granth).

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