Meaning of my refuge name? Pt.2

[Redfaery]

Link to older thread here:
https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=19172


I'm curious about my Refuge name. In my previous thread, I gave an incorrect spelling, which obviously caused problems. The proper transliteration is:

*Thupten Tsolha*

(Edited to add picture, because I couldn't get the picture to load properly before)

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[karmanyingpo]

Link to older thread here:
https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=19172


I'm curious about my Refuge name. In my previous thread, I gave an incorrect spelling, which obviously caused problems. The proper transliteration is:

*Thupten Tsolha*

(Edited to add picture, because I couldn't get the picture to load properly before)

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Thupten or Thubten means "Buddha's way/teaching," and Tsolha (mtsho lha) is harder to find... mtsho seems to mean lake or ocean (https://www.wordsense.eu/%E0%BD%98%E0%B ... %E0%BD%84/) and lha seems to mean god or deity (https://www.wordsense.eu/%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%B7/). So perhaps something like "Lake/ocean god of the Buddha's way"?

[SilenceMonkey]

Thupten or Thubten means "Buddha's way/teaching," and Tsolha (mtsho lha) is harder to find... mtsho seems to mean lake or ocean (https://www.wordsense.eu/%E0%BD%98%E0%B ... %E0%BD%84/) and lha seems to mean god or deity (https://www.wordsense.eu/%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%B7/). So perhaps something like "Lake/ocean god of the Buddha's way"?

That looks accurate to me, except I think Thubten is not "Buddha's way" but "Buddha's teachings". Perhaps the lha (deva, god, deity) of the sea (who upholds) Buddha's teachings.

"mtsho" could be lake, ocean or sea.

[Budai]

Ah! The Goddess of Learning. Much Love to Her .

[Redfaery]

Ah! The Goddess of Learning. Much Love to Her .

So Geshe-la explained the meaning of my name as a reference to the "Buddha of Wisdom and the Goddess of Learning" I'd like to believe the goddess of learning referenced is Saraswati/Yangchenma but I am worried I may be lending too much weight to my own wishful thinking!

[karmanyingpo]

Ah! The Goddess of Learning. Much Love to Her .

So Geshe-la explained the meaning of my name as a reference to the "Buddha of Wisdom and the Goddess of Learning" I'd like to believe the goddess of learning referenced is Saraswati/Yangchenma but I am worried I may be lending too much weight to my own wishful thinking!

Could you ask him to check? Or would that be inappropriate?