"mani stone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mani stones [plural]
Etymology: From the mantra usually inscribed on them, from Tibetan ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ (oṃ ma ṇi pdme hūm̐), from Sanskrit ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं (oṃ maṇipadme hūṃ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|bo|ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ}} Tibetan ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ (oṃ ma ṇi pdme hūm̐), {{der|en|sa|ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं}} Sanskrit ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं (oṃ maṇipadme hūṃ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mani stone (plural mani stones)
  1. (Buddhism) A stone, rock or pebble usually inscribed with the mantra om mani padme hum, used as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism. Categories (topical): Buddhism Translations (Translations): 嘛呢石 (mānīshí) (Chinese Mandarin), Manistein [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-mani_stone-en-noun-dz5F087Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

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