84000 Glossary of Terms
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ནག་པོའི་ཕྱོགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms
ནག་པོའི་ཕྱོགས་པ།
nag po’i phyogs pa
kṛṣṇāhijātīya
- Term
Publications: 2
Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Timothy Hinkle
- Black faction
- ནག་པོའི་ཕྱོགས།
- nag po’i phyogs
- kṛṣṇapakṣa
The army, divisions, or factions of Māra, the deity who personifies spiritual death; from Māra’s point of view, this is the “white faction.” Also refers to the dark fortnight of the lunar month.
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- Side with evil
- ནག་པོའི་ཕྱོགས་པ།
- nag po’i phyogs pa
- kṛṣṇāhijātīya