Torma

(तोर्मा)

Literal Meaning

Ritual offering figure

Etymology & Sanskrit Root

Tibetan gtor ma: a sculpted ritual offering.

Spiritual Insight & Context

A sculpted offering shaped for a ritual, which in a protector rite at the end of the year may be burned on its last day.

Where Torma Comes Up

Losar Customs: How the Tibetan New Year Is Kept

How Losar, the Tibetan New Year, is kept: Gutor cleaning, guthuk soup, altar offerings, prayer flags and Chotrul Duchen, and how customs differ by region.

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