དཀར་བར་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

གོས་ངན།
དཀར་བར་གནས།

dkar bar gnas
gos ngan

durvāsa

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Durvāsa

The King of Samādhis Sūtra

Durvāsa

དཀར་བར་གནས།

dkar bar gnas

durvāsa

Definition in this text:

Ancient Indian sage, known primarily for tales of his short temper and the curses he inflicted, hence the meaning of his name: “difficult to live with.”

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The Queen of Incantations: The Great Peahen

Durvāsa

གོས་ངན།

gos ngan

durvāsa

Definition in this text:

A great ṛṣi.

1 passage contains this term

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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