84000 Glossary of Terms

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གནོན་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གནོན་པོ།

  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
  • Term
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  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

An obscure Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit term. Sanskrit equivalent: avastāraka. Translated into Tibetan as “suppressor, one who presses down on someone.” Presumably from avastṛ (“to cover over, as with a blanket”).

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

A class of demonic beings.

  • ostāraka
  • ostāraka
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A class of evil spirits.

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
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A class of nonhuman being.

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

A class of nonhuman beings 

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

A class of supernatural beings believed to possess humans and cause physical and mental illness.

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

A class of supernatural beings believed to possess humans and cause physical and mental illness.

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

A class of supernatural beings believed to possess humans and cause physical and mental illness.

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

A class of supernatural beings believed to possess humans and cause physical and mental illness.

  • ostāraka
  • གནོན་པོ།
  • gnon po
  • ostāraka
Definition in this text:

A class of nonhuman beings associated with disease and mishaps.