84000 Glossary of Terms
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བགེགས། | Glossary of Terms
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པིགྷྣ།
- བགེགས།
- བར་ཆད།
- བི་གྷ།
- བིགྷ་ན།
- bgegs
- pig+h+na
- big+ha na
- bi g+ha
- bar chad
- vighna
- Term
Publications: 8
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
- vighna
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
A class of malevolent spirits.
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
- vighna
- བར་ཆད།
- bar chad
- vighna
A class of spirits that cause obstacles (the word vighna means “obstacle”).
Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Anna Zilman · Andreas Doctor · Adam Krug
- vighna
- བགེགས།
- པིགྷྣ།
- བིགྷ་ན།
- བི་གྷ།
- bgegs
- pig+h+na
- big+ha na
- bi g+ha
- vighna
An obstacle or a class of spirits who create obstacles.
Translation by Lozang Jamspal · Kaia Fischer · Erin Sperry
- vighna
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
Similar to vināyakas, the term vighna refers to a broad class of nonhuman beings that create obstacles and problems for spiritual practitioners specifically, and all people in general.
Translation by Catherine Dalton · Heidi Koppl · James Gentry · Cortland Dahl · Hilary Herdman · Andreas Doctor
- obstructing forces
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
Translation by James Gentry
- obstructing forces
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
Translation by Adam Krug
- obstructing being
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
An obstacle and a class of demonic beings that cause obstacles.
Translation by Catherine Dalton · Andreas Doctor · Ryan Damron · Wiesiek Mical
- obstructors
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna