84000 Glossary of Terms

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གྲུལ་བུམ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གྲུལ་བུམ།

  • grul bum
  • kūṣmāṇḍa
  • kuṣmāṇḍa
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • kūṣmāṇḍa
  • གྲུལ་བུམ།
  • grul bum
  • kūṣmāṇḍa
Definition in this text:

A disease-causing demon, with an etymology of “little warm egg,” also used for benevolent deities. However, the Tibetan term used in the Kāraṇḍavyūha is more commonly used (as in the Mahavyutpatti concordance) to translate kumbhanda, a humanoid being with an animal’s head that dwells in the sea.

  • kuṣmāṇḍa
  • གྲུལ་བུམ།
  • grul bum
  • kuṣmāṇḍa
Definition in this text:

A class of demons.