གནོད་སྦྱིན་མ་ཆེན་མོ་བརྒྱད། | Glossary of Terms

གནོད་སྦྱིན་མ་ཆེན་མོ་བརྒྱད།

gnod sbyin ma chen mo brgyad

aṣṭamahāyakṣī

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eight great yakṣīs

Entry into the Gloomy Forest

eight great yakṣīs

གནོད་སྦྱིན་མ་ཆེན་མོ་བརྒྱད།

gnod sbyin ma chen mo brgyad

aṣṭamahāyakṣī RS

Definition in this text:

This list of eight yakṣa ladies is probably unique to this sūtra. They are Aśiḍi, Many Sons, Hanging Down, Fully Hanging, Terrible, Fierce Lady, Small Club Holder, and Sky Dweller.

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