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Alternative classifications include gods and demons such as: | Alternative classifications include gods and demons such as: | ||
*gods (Skt. ''deva''; Tib. [[ལྷ་]], Wyl. ''lha'') | *gods (Skt. ''deva''; Tib. [[ལྷ་]], Wyl. ''lha'') | ||
*yama (Skt.; Tib. | *yama (Skt.; Tib. [[གཤིན་རྗེ་]], Wyl. ''gshin rje'') | ||
*[[gyalpo]] (Tib. རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wyl. ''rgyal po'') | *[[gyalpo]] (Tib. [[རྒྱལ་པོ་]], Wyl. ''rgyal po'') | ||
*sadak (Tib. ས་བདག་, Wyl. ''sa bdag'') | *sadak (Tib. ས་བདག་, Wyl. ''sa bdag'') | ||
*miamchi (Tib. [[མིའམ་ཅི་]], Wyl. ''mi'm ci'') | *miamchi (Tib. [[མིའམ་ཅི་]], Wyl. ''mi'm ci'') | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 1 October 2011
Eight classes of gods and demons (Tib. ལྷ་འདྲེ་སྡེ་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. lha 'dre sde brgyad) — a classification of worldly spirits. There are many different classifications; one of them is:
- dü (Tib. བདུད་, Wyl. bdud; Skt. māra)—see four maras
- mamo (Tib. མ་མོ་, Wyl. ma mo; Skt. mātrika)
- naga (Tib. ཀླུ་, Skt. nāga; Tib. lu; Wyl. klu)
- ging (Tib. གིང་, Wyl. ging)
- rahula (Skt. rāhula)
- tsen (Tib. བཙན་, Wyl. btsan)
- rakshasa (Skt. rākṣasa; Tib. སྲིན་པོ་, sinpo; Wyl. srin po)
- yaksha (Skt. yakṣa; Tib. གནོད་སྦྱིན་, Wyl. gnod sbyin)
On an inner level, they correspond to the eight consciousnesses.
Alternative Classifications
Alternative classifications include gods and demons such as:
- gods (Skt. deva; Tib. ལྷ་, Wyl. lha)
- yama (Skt.; Tib. གཤིན་རྗེ་, Wyl. gshin rje)
- gyalpo (Tib. རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wyl. rgyal po)
- sadak (Tib. ས་བདག་, Wyl. sa bdag)
- miamchi (Tib. མིའམ་ཅི་, Wyl. mi'm ci)
- teurang (Tib. ཐེའུ་རང་, Wyl. the'u rang)
Further Reading
- Revue d'Études Tibétaines, Number 2, April 2003 - Numéro spécial Lha srin sde brgyad