Datsan (Mongolian: Дацан, Russian: Дацан, Buryat: Дасан; derived from Standard Tibetan: གྲྭ་ཚང།, romanized: grwa.tshang) is the term used for Buddhist university monasteries in the Tibetan tradition of Gelukpa located throughout Mongolia, Tibet and Siberia. As a rule, in a datsan there are two departments—philosophical and medical.
Datsan (Mongolian: Дацан, Russian: Дацан, Buryat: Дасан; derived from Standard Tibetan: གྲྭ་ཚང།, romanized: grwa.tshang) is the term used for Buddhist university monasteries in the Tibetan tradition of Gelukpa located throughout Mongolia, Tibet and Siberia. As a rule, in a datsan there are two departments—philosophical and medical.
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