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གདོན། | Glossary of Terms
གདོན།
gra ha
graha
- Term
- Graha
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
An evil spirit that causes seizures and insanity.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Graha
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
A type of evil spirit known to exert a harmful influence on the human body and mind. Grahas are closely associated with the planets and other astronomical bodies.
- Graha
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
A type of spirit that can exert a harmful influence on the human body and mind. Grahas are closely associated with the planets and other astronomical bodies.
- Graha
- གདོན།
- གཟའ།
- gdon
- gza’
- graha
A class of nonhuman beings able to enter and possess the human body; a class of beings, such as Rāhu, that cause solar and lunar eclipses; a planet (this category includes the sun and the moon but excludes the earth); a planet or planetary influence personified.
- Graha
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Graha
- གདོན།
- གྲ་ཧ།
- gdon
- gra ha
- graha
A planet (personified); a class of spirits responsible for epilepsy and seizures.
- Graha
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
A type of evil spirit that exerts a harmful influence on the human body and mind. Grahas are closely associated with the planets and other astronomical bodies.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Graha
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
A class of nonhuman beings able to enter and possess the human body. They are often explicitly associated with astrological forces, have a harmful effect on physical and mental health, and are specifically said to cause seizures and insanity. Often this term is used to broadly refer to multiple classes of beings that can affect a person’s physical and mental health.
- Demon
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
- Evil spirit
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
A class of demonic spirit being.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Harmful spirit
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
A class of nonhuman beings able to enter and possess the human body. They have a harmful effect on physical and mental health, and are specifically said to cause seizures and insanity. Often this term is used to broadly refer to multiple classes of beings who can affect a person’s physical and mental health.
- Planet
- གདོན།
- གཟའ།
- gdon
- gza’
- graha
See “graha.”
- Seizer
- གདོན།
- gdon
- graha
A class of demonic, possessing beings.