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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
- vighna
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
A class of malevolent spirits.
- vighna
- བར་ཆད།
- bar chad
- vighna
A class of spirits that cause obstacles (the word vighna means “obstacle”).
- 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.
- 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.
- obstructing forces
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
- obstructing forces
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
- obstructing being
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
An obstacle and a class of demonic beings that cause obstacles.
- obstructors
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna