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'''Eight classes of gods and demons''' ([[Wyl.]] ''lha 'dre sde brgyad'') — a classification of worldly spirits. There are many different classifications; one of them is:
'''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 (Wyl. ''bdud''; Skt. ''māra'')—see [[four maras]]
* dü (Tib. [[བདུད་]], Wyl. ''bdud''; Skt. ''māra'')—see [[four maras]]
* [[mamo]] (Wyl. ''ma mo''; Skt. ''mātrika'')
* [[mamo]] (Tib. མ་མོ་, Wyl. ''ma mo''; Skt. ''mātrika'')
* [[naga]] (Skt. ''nāga''; Tib. ''lu''; Wyl. ''klu'')
* [[naga]] (Tib. [[ཀླུ་]], Skt. ''nāga''; Tib. ''lu''; Wyl. ''klu'')
* [[ging]] (Tib. & Wyl.)
* [[ging]] (Tib. གིང་, Wyl. ging)
* [[rahula]] (Skt. ''rāhula'')
* [[rahula]] (Skt. ''rāhula'')
* [[tsen]] (Wyl. ''btsan'')
* [[tsen]] (Tib. བཙན་, Wyl. ''btsan'')
* [[rakshasa]] (Skt. ''rākṣasa''; Tib. ''sinpo''; Wyl. ''srin po'')
* [[rakshasa]] (Skt. ''rākṣasa''; Tib. [[སྲིན་པོ་]], ''sinpo''; Wyl. ''srin po'')
* [[yaksha]] (Skt. ''yakṣa''; Wyl. ''gnod sbyin'')
* [[yaksha]] (Skt. ''yakṣa''; Tib. གནོད་སྦྱིན་, Wyl. ''gnod sbyin'')


On an inner level, they correspond to the [[eight consciousnesses]].
On an inner level, they correspond to the [[eight consciousnesses]].
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==Alternative Classifications==
==Alternative Classifications==
Alternative classifications include gods and demons such as:
Alternative classifications include gods and demons such as:
*gods (Skt. ''deva''; Wyl. ''lha'')
*gods (Skt. ''deva''; Tib. [[ལྷ་]], Wyl. ''lha'')
*yama (Skt.; Wyl. ''gshin rje'')
*yama (Skt.; Tib. གཤིན་་རྗེ་, Wyl. ''gshin rje'')
*[[gyalpo]] (Wyl. ''rgyal po'')
*[[gyalpo]] (Tib. རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wyl. ''rgyal po'')
*sadak (Wyl. ''sa bdag'')
*sadak (Tib. ས་བདག་, Wyl. ''sa bdag'')
*miamchi (Wyl. ''mi'am ci'')
*miamchi (Tib. [[མིའམ་ཅི་]], Wyl. ''mi'm ci'')
*teurang (Wyl. ''the'u rang'')
*teurang (Tib. ཐེའུ་རང་, Wyl. ''the'u rang'')


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 16:29, 2 February 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:

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
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