84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྨིན་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms

  • ཀ་རྟི་ཀ

  • སྨིན་དྲུག
  • སྨིན་དྲུག་བུ།
  • smin drug
  • smin drug bu
  • ka rti ka
  • kārttikeya
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  • Kārttikeya
  • སྨིན་དྲུག་བུ།
  • smin drug bu
  • kārttikeya
Definition in this text:

Son of Śiva and a Hindu god of war.

  • Kārttikeya
  • སྨིན་དྲུག་བུ།
  • smin drug bu
  • kārttikeya
Definition in this text:

A god of war, the son of Śiva and Pārvatī. Also known as Skanda.

  • Kārttikeya
  • སྨིན་དྲུག་བུ།
  • smin drug bu
  • kārttikeya
Definition in this text:

The son of Śiva and general of his armies. Also known as Skanda.

  • Kārttikeya
  • སྨིན་དྲུག
  • smin drug
  • kārttikeya
Definition in this text:

Divine son of Śiva and Pārvatī.

  • Kārttikeya
  • ཀ་རྟི་ཀ
  • ka rti ka
  • kārttikeya
Definition in this text:

Kārttikeya (alt. Skanda) is the son of Śiva and Pārvatī. Like Gaṇapati, Kārttikeya is said to lead the gaṇas in battle against demonic beings and is considered a god of war.