"wind horse" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Calque of Tibetan རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|bo|རླུང་རྟ}} Calque of Tibetan རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} wind horse
  1. An allegory for the human soul in the shamanistic tradition of East and Central Asia. Translations (allegory for the human soul): 風馬 /风马 (fēngmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), vindhest [common-gender] (Danish), tuulihevonen (Finnish), cheval du vent [masculine] (French), Windpferd [neuter] (German), хийморь (xiimorʹ) (Mongolian), རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta) (Tibetan)
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