ནག་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

ནག་པོ།

nag po

kṛṣṇa

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Kṛṣṇa

The Play in Full

Kṛṣṇa

ནག་པོ།

nag po

kṛṣṇa

Definition in this text:

A god.

3 passages contain this term

1

The Dark One

The Acceptance That Tames Beings with the Sky-Colored Method of Perfect Conduct

The Dark One

ནག་པོ།

nag po

kṛṣṇa AD

Definition in this text:

Appears to refer here to Kṛṣṇa, whose name means the dark one, the god who figures prominently in the Bhagavad Gītā and the Mahābhārata, and is considered by the Purāṇas and other Brahmanic literature as an incarnated form of the god Viṣṇu.

1 passage contains this term

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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SU

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