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The dot of a revealed text.
Also known as: Terma mark
The Tibetan mark used in place of the ordinary syllable dot in texts of the treasure tradition.
Separates syllables in texts belonging to the treasure — terma — tradition.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Identifies the class a text belongs to from its punctuation alone, so a reader knows what kind of text is in front of them before reading a word of it. No European punctuation does this.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
The treasure tradition holds such texts to have been concealed and later revealed; the record is cited for the existence and use of the mark, not for that account.
Cited for the mark's use, not for the tradition's account of the texts' origin.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
A dot or small mark standing where the ordinary tsheg would stand, distinguished from it by shape.