84000 Glossary of Terms

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དྲག་པོའི་ཕྲིན་ལས། | Glossary of Terms

  • དྲག་པོའི་ཕྲིན་ལས།

  • དྲག་པོའི་ལས།
  • drag po’i phrin las
  • drag po’i las
  • raudrakarman
  • Term
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  • Aggressive rite
  • དྲག་པོའི་ཕྲིན་ལས།
  • དྲག་པོའི་ལས།
  • drag po’i phrin las
  • drag po’i las
  • raudrakarman
Definition in this text:

Roughly synonymous with abhicāra (assaulting), this broad category of rites includes those ritual practices and magical acts that are used to curse, exorcise malevolent influences, deter, harm, and kill enemies, and otherwise engage in hostile activities directed towards human and nonhuman targets.