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ནོར་སྦྱིན། | Glossary of Terms
ནོར་སྦྱིན།
nor sbyin
Dhanada
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- ནོར་སྦྱིན།
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Dhanada (“Wealth Giver”) is another name of Vaiśravaṇa (rnam thos sras, “Prince of the Distinctly Hearing One”), one of the Four Great Kings (rgyal po chen po bzhi) ruling the four directions of the desire realm. Vaiśravaṇa rules the northern direction and the yakṣas (gnod sbyin) that reside there. In The Question of Mañjuśrī his image is the fifty-third of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata.
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- ནོར་སྦྱིན།
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A ruler of the demigods.
- Dhanada
- ནོར་སྦྱིན།
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Epithet of Kubera.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
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One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
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- དྷ་ན་དཱ།
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“Wealth giver,” an epithet of Kubera.