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ནོར་སྦྱིན། | Glossary of Terms

    ནོར་སྦྱིན།

    nor sbyin

    Dhan­ada

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Translation by Celso Wilkinson · Laura Goetz · L.S. Summer
  • Dhanada
  • ནོར་སྦྱིན།
  • nor sbyin
  • Dhanada

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.

Translation by Thomas Doctor
  • Dhan­ada
  • ནོར་སྦྱིན།
  • nor sbyin
  • Dhan­ada

A ruler of the demigods.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Dhanada
  • ནོར་སྦྱིན།
  • nor sbyin
  • Dhanada

Epithet of Kubera.

Tantra Text Warning

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.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Dhanada
  • Dhanada

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

Tantra Text Warning

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.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Anna Zilman · Andreas Doctor · Adam Krug
  • Dhanada
  • དྷ་ན་དཱ།
  • dha na dA
  • Dhanada

“Wealth giver,” an epithet of Kubera.