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ལུས་ངན། | Glossary of Terms
ལུས་ངན།
lus ngan
Kubera
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- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
The king of yakṣas and an important wealth deity, he is also one of the four great kings in Buddhist cosmology. In this capacity he is commonly known as Vaiśravaṇa.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
One of the Four Great Kings.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན།
- lus ngan
- Kubera
The king of yakṣas and an important wealth deity, he is also one of the four great kings in Buddhist cosmology. In this capacity he is commonly known as Vaiśravaṇa.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
- Kuvera
A god of wealth, sometimes (as in the Ratnaketudhāraṇī) identified with Vaiśravaṇa, one of the Four Great Kings.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
An epithet for Vaiśravaṇa, the god of wealth.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
One of the four great kings, also known as Vaiśravaṇa.
- Kubera
- ཀུ་བེ་ར།
- ku be ra
- Kubera
One of the four great kings, also known as Vaiśravaṇa.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན།
- lus ngan
- Kubera
In this instances, the name of a demon leader. This name generally belongs to Vaiśravaṇa, one of the four great kings.
- Kubera
- ཀུ་བེ་ར།
- ku be ra
- Kubera
Also known as Vaiśravaṇa. One among the Four Great Kings, guardian of the north.
- Kubera
- ཀུ་བེ་ར།
- ku be ra
- Kubera
A Hindu god of wealth, appearing in the Buddhist pantheon as Vaiśravaṇa.
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.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན།
- lus ngan
- Kubera
The god of wealth.
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.
- Kubera
- ཀུ་བེ་ར།
- ku be ra
- Kubera
An alternate name for the yakṣa Jambhala.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན།
- lus ngan
- Kubera
Another name for Vaiśravaṇa, one of the Four Great Kings. He is the guardian of the north and lord of the yakṣas and is traditionally regarded as a yakṣa himself.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
The god of wealth and the king of the yakṣas; one of the four great kings of the directions.
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.
- Kubera
- Kubera
God of wealth.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན།
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
Epithet of Vaiśravaṇa.
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.
- Kubera
- ཀུ་བེ་ར།
- ལུས་ངན།
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- ku be ra
- lus ngan
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
The god of wealth.
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.
- Kubera
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- Kubera
The king of yakṣas and an important wealth deity, he is also one of the Four Great Kings in Buddhist cosmology. In this capacity he is commonly known as Vaiśravaṇa, the guardian of the northern quarter.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
Another name for Vaiśravaṇa, the king of the yakṣas.
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.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན།
- lus ngan
- Kubera
Lord of yakṣas and deity of wealth, he is the guardian king of the northern direction, ruling from his city of Aḍakavatī. He is also known as Vaiśravaṇa.
- Kubera
- ལུས་ངན་པོ།
- lus ngan po
- Kubera
One of the great kings of the four directions, Kubera guards the northern quarter of the heavens. Also known as Vaiśravaṇa.