84000 Glossary of Terms
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འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms
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འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
- ’gro ba drug
- ṣaḍgati
- sadgati
- Term
Publications: 4
Translation by Gregory Forgues
- 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).
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
- six destinies
- འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
- ’gro ba drug
- ṣaḍgati
The possible six types of rebirth in any of the six realms of cyclic existence.
Translation by Miguel Sawaya · Luke Hanley
- six classes of beings
- འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
- ’gro ba drug
- ṣaḍgati
Gods, asuras, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings.
Translation by Gareth Sparham
- six forms of life
- འགྲོ་བ་དྲུག
- ’gro ba drug
- ṣaḍgati
Life as a being in hell, an animal, a ghost, a human, an asura, and a god.