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- ↑ "Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary:Main Page". Rangjung Yeshe Wiki. Tsadra Foundation. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics - Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary". Tsadra Foundation. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ "Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary". WikiApiary. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
