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བརྗེད་བྱེད། | Glossary of Terms
བརྗེད་བྱེད།
brjed byed
apasmāra
- Term
A class of nonhuman beings believed to cause epilepsy, fits, and loss of memory. As their name suggests—the Skt. apasmāra literally means “without memory” and the Tib. brjed byed means “causing forgetfulness”—they are defined by the condition they cause in affected humans, and the term can refer to any nonhuman being that causes such conditions, whether a bhūta, a piśāca, or other.
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
A class of nonhuman beings believed to be responsible for epilepsy.
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
This is the name for epilepsy, but also refers to the demon that causes epilepsy and loss of consciousness, as in the Kāraṇḍavyūha. The Tibetan specifically means “causing forgetting.”
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
A name for both seizures and the demon that causes seizures and loss of consciousness. The Tibetan specifically means “causing forgetting.”
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.
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- རྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- rjed byed
- apasmāra
A demon that causes epilepsy.
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
A class of nonhuman beings believed to be responsible for a number of illnesses and disorders, specifically epilepsy.
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
A class of spirits causing memory loss.
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
This is the name for epilepsy, but it also refers to the demon that causes epilepsy and loss of consciousness. The Tibetan specifically means “causing forgetting.”
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.
- Apasmāra
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
A class of spirits that cause epilepsy.
- Apasmāraka
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāraka
A spirit that causes epilepsy.
- Fits
- བརྗེད་བྱེད།
- brjed byed
- apasmāra
Epileptic or otherwise, symptom that may be evidence of an illness considered an impediment to ordination.
See also UT22084-001-001-1011.