A spiritual mentor who confers on disciples tantric vows. According to some commentaries, a spiritual mentor who confers on disciples empowerments and subsequent permissions from any of the classes of tantra.
Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་སློབ་དཔོན། rdo-rje slob-dpon
Sanskrit: vajrācārya
J. Hopkins: Vajra master
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