84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཕོ་ཉ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཕོ་ཉ།

  • pho nya
  • dūta
  • Term
Publications: 5
  • dūta
  • ཕོ་ཉ།
  • pho nya
  • dūta
Definition in this text:

A class of nonhuman beings; the name literally means “messenger,” which could imply that these beings can be employed as messengers through magical rites.

  • dūta
  • ཕོ་ཉ།
  • pho nya
  • dūta
Definition in this text:

A class of nonhuman beings, often employed in the service of the practitioner.

  • dūta
  • ཕོ་ཉ།
  • pho nya
  • dūta
Definition in this text:

A class of nonhuman beings, often employed in the service of the practitioner.

  • dūta
  • ཕོ་ཉ།
  • pho nya
  • dūta
Definition in this text:

“Messenger,” a class of nonhuman beings often employed in the service of the practitioner.

  • dūta
  • ཕོ་ཉ།
  • pho nya
  • dūta
Definition in this text:

“Messenger,” a class of nonhuman beings often employed in the service of the practitioner.