འཆི་བདག་གི་བདུད། | Glossary of Terms

འཆི་བདག་གི་བདུད།

’chi bdag gi bdud

mṛtyumāra

Term

Publications: 2

Appears in our translations as:

1

demon of the lord of death

The Chapter Teaching the Purification of Boundless Gateways

demon of the lord of death

འཆི་བདག་གི་བདུད།

’chi bdag gi bdud

mṛtyumāra

Definition in this text:

The aspect of Māra that is death itself.

2 passages contain this term

1

māra of the Lord of Death

The Chapter on Mañjuśrī’s Magical Display

māra of the Lord of Death

འཆི་བདག་གི་བདུད།

’chi bdag gi bdud

mṛtyumāra

Definition in this text:

This is the figurative or embodied demon of death.

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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