• གྲུལ་བུམ།
  • གྲུལ།
  • grul bum
  • grul
  • kumbhāṇḍa
  • kumbhaṇḍa
  • kuṣmāṇḍa
  • kubhāṇḍa
  • Term
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A class of dwarf beings subordinate to Virūḍhaka, one of the Four Great Kings, associated with the southern direction. The name uses a play on the word aṇḍa, which means “egg” but is also a euphemism for a testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from kumbha, or “pot”).