84000 Glossary of Terms

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ནག་པོའི་ཕྱོགས། | Glossary of Terms

  • ནག་པོའི་ཕྱོགས།

  • nag po’i phyogs
  • kṛṣṇapakṣa
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  • black faction
  • ནག་པོའི་ཕྱོགས།
  • nag po’i phyogs
  • kṛṣṇapakṣa
Definition in this text:

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.