ཀླུ་དང་གཟའ་ལག | Glossary of Terms

ཀླུ་དང་གཟའ་ལག
ཀླུ།

klu dang gza’ lag
klu

ahirbudhnya

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Ahirbudhnya

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

Ahirbudhnya

ཀླུ་དང་གཟའ་ལག
ཀླུ།

klu dang gza’ lag
klu

ahirbudhnya AS

Definition in this text:

The mythical “serpent of the deep” that, according to the brahmanical tradition, resides in the misty region at the bottom of the world.

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