དམངས་རིགས་སྡོམ་པ་ཅན། | Glossary of Terms

དམངས་རིགས་སྡོམ་པ་ཅན།

dmangs rigs sdom pa can

nairṛti

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Nairṛti

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

Nairṛti

དམངས་རིགས་སྡོམ་པ་ཅན།

dmangs rigs sdom pa can

nairṛti AS

Definition in this text:

A demon (rākṣasa) who is the child of Nirṛti, the goddess of destruction in the Vedic pantheon.

2 passages contain this term

The Tantra on the Origin of All Rites of Tārā, Mother of All the Tathāgatas

Nairṛti

nairṛti

Definition in this text:

A rākṣasa, a guardian of the southwest.

1 passage contains this term

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