ཕྲག་རྩུབ། | Glossary of Terms

ཕྲག་རྩུབ།

phrag rtsub

namuci

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Namuci

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (2)

Namuci

ཕྲག་རྩུབ།

phrag rtsub

namuci AS

Definition in this text:

An asura king; this is the name of Indra’s principal enemy among the asuras. In Buddhist mythology, Namuci appears as a drought-causing demon, and is also a name of Māra, the principal opponent of the Buddhadharma.

(Toh 555: phrag chen)

3 passages contain this term

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (3)

Namuci

ཕྲག་རྩུབ།

phrag rtsub

namuci AS

Definition in this text:

An asura king; this is the name of Indra’s principal enemy among the asuras. In Buddhist mythology, Namuci appears as a drought-causing demon, and is also a name of Māra, the principal opponent of the Buddhadharma.

(Toh 555: phrag chen)

3 passages contain 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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