ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ་

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ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། (Wyl. nag po chen po ) Pron.: nakpo chenpo

  • Skt. महाकालः, mahākāla, Pron.: mahakala. From Sanskrit: a form of Śiva in his character of destroyer (being then represented black and of terrific aspect) or a place sacred to that form of Śiva | N. of one of Śiva's attendants | of Vishṇu | N. of a teacher | of a species of cucumber, Trichosanthes Palmata | the mango tree (?) | one of the 9 treasures | N. of a mythical mountain [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW