What is "sarma"

n. A dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf (grape or cabbage); the Turkish equivalent of dolma.

Sarma is a dish of grape, cabbage, monk's rhubarb or chard leaves rolled around a filling usually based on minced meat, or a sweet dish of filo dough wrapped around a filling often of various kinds of chopped nuts. It is found in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire from the Middle East to the Balkans and Central Europe.

Sarma is the name for the wind at the Western shore of Lake Baikal. It is named after the Sarma River and originates in its valley.

This wind is famous to be the coldest and the strongest one in Baikal region. Its speed may exceed 40 meters per second.

Sarma may refer to:

• Sarma (given name), a Latvian given name
• Sarma (surname), Brahmin surname in India
• Sarma (food), a dish found primarily in the cuisines of the Middle East and Eastern Europe
• Sarma (Tibetan Buddhism), three newest schools of Tibetan Buddhism
• Sarma River, Russia, flowing into Lake Baikal
• Sarma (wind), northern wind found at Lake Baikal
• Sharma, surname in India

In Tibetan Buddhism, the Sarma or "New Translation" schools include the three newer of the four main schools, comprising the following traditions and their sub-branches with their roots in the 11th century:

• Kagyu
• Sakya
• Kadam and Gelug
• the minority Jonang school.

The Nyingma, a name contemporary to the emergence of the above schools in the 11th century, is the sole snga 'gyur "Old Translation" school and is often equated as originating with the widespread introduction of Buddhism to Tibet around the turn of the 8th century.

Category:Schools of Tibetan Buddhism

Sarma is a feminine Latvian given name. Its name day is May 18.