ཀླུའི་མཐུ། | Glossary of Terms

ཀླུའི་མཐུ།

klu’i mthu

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nāga-power

The Questions of an Old Lady

nāga-power

ཀླུའི་མཐུ།

klu’i mthu

Definition in this text:

Among the many magical powers of the nāgas is the ability to produce rain. Presumably this ability is what is meant here by “nāga-power,” although this appears to be the only mention of the term in the Kangyur in connection with clouds and rain.

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