Windpferd

German

Etymology

From Wind + Pferd, a calque of Tibetan རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta).

Noun

Windpferd n (strong, genitive Windpferds or Windpferdes, plural Windpferde)

  1. (Buddhism) wind horse
    • 2002 October 22, Peter Imig, “Reich des Schwelgens”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 23:
      „Abe jo-jo“, das beschworene Windpferd der tibetanischen Mythologie, das die Gebete der Menschen in den Himmel bringt, bestimmte die 1961–66 entstandene Komposition „Windhorse“ von Toru Takemitsu.
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