| Term | forceful |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | drag-po |
| Sanskrit | |
| Pali | |
| Definition | Using extremely strong actions or methods, such as yelling at someone or hitting someone, in order to make the person stop doing something harmful. Forceful methods are used only when all other methods to make the person stop have failed or are impossible in the situation. Some translators render the term as "wrathful," but this has an inappropriate connotation, since "wrathful," in English, is used for the Old Testament God, who, when people disobey Him, gets angry and punishes them. |
| German | extrem kraftvoll |
|---|---|
| French | énergique |
| Italian | energica |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | hard; heavy [=sra ba]; fierce; strong |
| Russian | мощный |