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'''Nine demeanours (or styles) of a wrathful deity''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gar gyi nyams dgu'') - There are three of the body, three of the speech and three of the mind.
'''Nine demeanours (or styles) of a wrathful deity''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gar gyi nyams dgu'') — there are three of the body, three of the speech and three of the mind.


The three of the body are:
The three of the body are:
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Nine demeanours (or styles) of a wrathful deity (Wyl. gar gyi nyams dgu) — there are three of the body, three of the speech and three of the mind.

The three of the body are:

  1. enticing/seductive/captivating (sgeg pa)
  2. heroic (dpa' ba)
  3. terrifying/ferocious ('jigs su rung ba)

The three of the speech are:

  1. menacing laughter (rgod pa)
  2. harsh and threatening/stern (gshe ba)
  3. ferocious/wrathful and thunderous (drag shul)

The three of the mind are:

  1. compassion (snying rje)
  2. yearning (to tame others)/magnificent power (rngams pa)
  3. peace/tranquility (zhi ba)
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