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'''Vetala''' (Skt. ''vetāla''; Tib. རོ་ལངས།, [[Wyl.]] ''ro langs'') is a harmful spirit that typically haunts charnel grounds and is most often depicted entering into and animating corpses. Hence, the Tibetan translation means “risen corpse”. <ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha - Glossary.</ref>
'''Vetala''' (Skt. ''vetāla''; Tib. [[རོ་ལངས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''ro langs'') is a harmful spirit that typically haunts charnel grounds and is most often depicted entering into and animating corpses. Hence, the Tibetan translation means “risen corpse”. <ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha - Glossary.</ref>


It’s similar to the English word ‘zombie’ which means an animated corpse.
It’s similar to the English word ‘zombie’ which means an animated corpse.


==Internal Links==
རོ་ལངས་
==References==
==References==
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<small><references/></small>


[[Category: Gods and Demons]]
[[Category: Gods and demons]]
[[Category: Sanskrit Terms]]
[[Category: Sanskrit Terms]]

Latest revision as of 17:14, 18 April 2025

Vetala (Skt. vetāla; Tib. རོ་ལངས་, Wyl. ro langs) is a harmful spirit that typically haunts charnel grounds and is most often depicted entering into and animating corpses. Hence, the Tibetan translation means “risen corpse”. [1]

It’s similar to the English word ‘zombie’ which means an animated corpse.

References

  1. 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha - Glossary.