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འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms
འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
’gro ba drug
ṣaḍgati
- Term
- Six destinies
- འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
- ’gro ba drug
- sadgati
The six destinies correspond to the six realms of Buddhist cosmogony (i.e., gods, demigods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts and hell beings).
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- Six destinies
- འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
- ’gro ba drug
- ṣaḍgati
The possible six types of rebirth in any of the six realms of cyclic existence.
- Six classes of beings
- འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
- ’gro ba drug
- ṣaḍgati
Gods, asuras, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings.