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གསང་བ་པ། | Glossary of Terms
གསང་བ་པ།
gsang ba pa
guhyaka
- Term
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
A type of nonhuman being frequently found in the entourage of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), the lord of wealth.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
Attendants of Kubera, the god of wealth, and the guardians of his treasures. They live in the Himalayas at the source of the Ganges on the mountain that has been identified with Kailash.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པོ།
- gsang ba po
- guhyaka
A class of devas that, like the yakṣas, are ruled over by Kubera, but are also said to be his most trusted helpers.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
A class of devas that, like the yakṣas, are ruled over by Kubera, but are also said to be his most trusted helpers. It is said that they protect his hidden treasures and live in mountain caves.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
Another term for the yakṣa subjects of Vaiśravaṇa.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
A class of celestial beings.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
A subclass of yakṣas.
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.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
A type of semi-divine being frequently found in the entourage of Kubera, the lord of wealth.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
A subclass of yakṣas, but much of the time used as an alternative name for yakṣas.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པོ།
- gsang ba po
- guhyaka
Another term for the yakṣa subjects of Kubera.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
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.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པ།
- gsang ba pa
- guhyaka
A class of nonhuman beings, usually identified with the yakṣas.
- Guhyaka
- གསང་བ་པོ།
- gsang ba po
- guhyaka
Semidivine beings closely related to or identical with yakṣas, who, like them, live in the realm of Kubera.