84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཆུ་ལྷ། | Glossary of Terms

    ཆུ་ལྷ།

    chu lha

    Varuṇa

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Publications: 4
Translation by Timothy Hinkle
  • Varuṇa
  • ཆུ་ལྷ།
  • chu lha
  • Varuṇa

A nāga king; a member of the Buddha's retinue.

Translation by Joshua Capitanio
  • Varuṇa
  • ཆུ་ལྷ།
  • chu lha
  • Varuṇa

A nāga king present in the assembly of the Buddha Śākyamuni.

Translation by Benjamin Collet-Cassart
  • Varuṇa
  • ཆུ་ལྷ།
  • chu lha
  • Varuṇa

A nāga king.

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Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Varuṇa
  • བ་རུ་ཎ།
  • ba ru Na
  • Varuṇa

In the CMT, he is the king of nāgas.