གྲུལ་བུམ། | Glossary of Terms

A kind of demon. The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means egg but is a euphemism for testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

Dwarf spirits said to have either large stomachs or huge pot-sized testicles.

A class of dwarf beings subordinate to the Guardian King of the South. The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is a euphemism for “testicle.” Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

A class of dwarf beings subordinate to the guardian king of the south (see “four great kings”). The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means egg but is a euphemism for testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

Dwarf spirits said to have either large stomachs or huge, pot-sized testicles.

A class of spirit-deity identified by their gourd-like shape.

A class of supernatural being. The name uses a play on the Sanskrit word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is a euphemism for testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (Sanskrit: khumba).

Dwarf spirits said to have either large stomachs or huge, amphora-sized testicles.

A class of nonhuman beings.

A class of dwarf beings subordinate to Virūḍhaka, one of the Four Great Kings, associated with the southern direction. The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is also a euphemism for a testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

A class of beings said to dwell in the east under the jurisdiction of the great king Dhṛtarāṣṭra. They are so named because they have testicles (aṇḍa) shaped like jars (kumbha).

A class of dwarf beings subordinate to Virūḍhaka, the Great King of the South. The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is a euphemism for testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

A class of dwarf beings subordinate to the great king of the south, Virūḍhaka. The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is a euphemism for testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

A class of dwarf beings subordinate to the great king of the south, Virūḍhaka. The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is a euphemism for testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

A class of yakṣa that lives in water but have the heads of various types of insects or animals.

A class of spirit-deity. The name uses a play on the word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is also a euphemism for testicle. Thus, they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

A class of nonhuman beings.

A class of beings subordinate to the great king of the south, Virūḍhaka. The name is a play on the word āṇḍa, which means “egg” but is a euphemism for testicle, as they are often depicted as having testicles as big as pots (from khumba, or “pot”).

Dwarf-like beings.

A type of supernatural being commonly mentioned along with yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, and so on.

A class of evil being commonly mentioned alongside yakṣas, piśācas, bhūtas, etc.; Virūḍhaka is sometimes named as the lord of the kumbhāṇḍa, as is Rudra; also associated with the māras (Edgerton 187.2); a type of yakṣa having a human body but an animal head; a type of preta (Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary).

A class of nonhuman beings.

“Having testes like jars,” a class of nonhuman beings.

A class of nonhuman beings that are so-named for having “testicles” (aṇḍa, “egg” being used euphemistically) that are as large as “pots” (khumba). In Buddhist cosmology they are subordinate to the king of the south, Virūḍhaka.

A class of semi-divine being inhabiting the southern slopes of Mount Meru and in service to King Virūḍhaka; sometimes also classed among evil spirits.

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Another name for kumbhāṇḍa, a class of nonhuman beings.