འཕགས་པ་རག་པའ་རྒྱལ་མ་ས་སར་འབྲང་བ་ཆན་མ་སངས་རྒྱས་དང notes.70
The Great Amulet notes.70
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notes.70
70. Skt. paṭṭabandhaṃ kṛtvā; Tib. blon thabs byin te. The Sanskrit term paṭṭabandha, which literally means to “tie on a headband,” refers to what was a way of marking one’s formal entrance into royal service. A king’s conferral of paṭṭabandha was considered a highly prized achievement in royal circles.