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Biblical: a supernatural vision or revelation: pho nya'i zhal gzigs mthong / saw a vision of angels (Lk. 24:23), gtso bos zhal gzigs nang a nan ya zhes gsungs pa/ the Lord called to him in a vision, "Ananias" (Acts 9:10), dran pa mnyam bzhag gi ngang nas zhal gzigs nang / in a trance I saw a vision (Acts 11:5), nam mkha'i zhal gzigs/ vision from heaven (Acts 26:19), zhal gzigs dang mngon du byung ba rnams/ visions and revelations (2 Cor. 12:1).
Buddhist: an apparition, a vision of a deity: shing gi lhas rang nyid la dngos su zhal gzigs gnang bar bsams/ [she] thought the tree-god had actually given her a vision of himself (SGN 10), rje btsun 'jam pa'i dbyangs ni rje tsong kha pa chen po la rtag tu zhal gzigs pa yin/,,zhal gzigs tshul la'ang rmi lam du gzigs pa dang /,,nyams la gzigs pa/,,dngos su gzigs pa gsum yod/ Manjushri always appeared to Tsong Khapa in dreams, in his mind, and openly or actually (NPP).