84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཟླ་བ་ཕྱེད་པའི་མ་ནིང་། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཟླ་བ་ཕྱེད་པའི་མ་ནིང་།

  • zla ba phyed pa’i ma ning
  • pakṣapaṇḍaka
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • rhythmic-consecutive person
  • ཟླ་བ་ཕྱེད་པའི་མ་ནིང་།
  • zla ba phyed pa’i ma ning
  • pakṣapaṇḍaka
Definition in this text:

Someone who is female for half of the month and then becomes male for the other half; someone who is stricken with female desires for half of the month and male desires for the other half; or a person who has a sexual disability for half of the month. One of the five types of person labeled a paṇḍaka, all of whom are barred from joining the renunciate order.

1 Related glossary entries:

མ་ནིང་།

  • napuṃsaka
  • napuṃsakam
  • paṇḍaka
  • neuter
  • neutral
  • paṇḍaka
  • Person labeled a paṇḍaka