Origin | |
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Language(s) | Classical Tibetan |
Word/name | བདེ་ཆེན |
Meaning | Great bliss |
Dechen (Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན, Wylie: bde-chen, ZYPY: Dêqên, Jaques-IPA:bdʔe.tɕʰʔen) is a Tibetan name meaning "great bliss". It is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term mahāsukha (महासुख).[1][2] It is commonly used in Bhutan, Ladakh, Nepal and Tibet. People with the name Dechen include: