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ལྷ་མོ། | Glossary of Terms
ལྷ་མོ།
lha mo
apsaras
- Term
- Apsaras
- ལྷ་མོ།
- lha mo
- apsaras
Popular figures in Indian culture, they are said to be goddesses of the clouds and water. They are also portrayed as the wives of the gandharvas who are the court musicians for Śakra/Indra on top of Mount Meru.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
A member of the class of celestial female beings known for their great beauty.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
A divine girl.
- Apsaras
- ལྷ་མོ།
- lha mo
- apsaras
Popular figures in Indian culture, they are said to be goddesses of the clouds and water.
- Apsaras
- ལྷ་མོ།
- lha mo
- apsaras
The “apsarases” are popular figures in Indian culture, they are said to be goddesses of the clouds and water and to be wives of the gandharvas. However, in the Kāraṇḍavyūha, they are presented as the female equivalent of the devas. Therefore the Tibetan has translated them as if the word were devī (“goddess’’).
- Apsaras
- ལྷ་མོ།
- lha mo
- apsaras
In this sūtra, “apsaras” (or “apsarases” in plural) is synonymous with devī, the female equivalent of deva. In Indian culture, it is also the name for goddesses of the clouds and water, and the wives of the gandharvas.
- Apsaras
- ལྷ་མོ།
- lha mo
- apsaras
Popular figures in Indian culture, apsarases are said to be goddesses of the clouds and water and to be wives of the gandharvas.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
A class of nonhuman beings, usually female, known for their beauty.
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.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
A member of the class of celestial female beings of great beauty.
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.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
Celestial nymph.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- ལྷའི་བུད་མེད།
- lha’i bu mo
- lha’i bud med
- apsaras
A type of goddess.
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.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
A celestial nymph.
- Apsaras
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- ལྷའི་བུ་མེད།
- ལྷ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- lha’i bu med
- lha mo
- apsaras
A celestial nymph.
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.
- Apsaras
- ལྷ་ཡི་བུ་མོ།
- lha yi bu mo
- apsaras
A class of female celestial beings known for their great beauty.
- Apsarases
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
A class of celestial female beings known for their great beauty.
- Celestial maiden
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- ལྷ་ཡི་བུ་མོ།
- ལྷ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- lha yi bu mo
- lha mo
- devakanyā
- apsaras
Sometimes also translated “goddess.”
- Celestial nymph
- ལྷའི་བུ་མོ།
- lha’i bu mo
- apsaras
A class of celestial singers and dancers in Indian mythology who inhabit the heaven of the god Śakra, lord of the heavens.