84000 Glossary of Terms

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ནག་པོ་ཆེ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ནག་པོ་ཆེ།

  • ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ།
  • nag po che
  • nag po chen po
  • mahākāla
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Publications: 3
  • Mahākāla
  • ནག་པོ་ཆེ།
  • nag po che
  • mahākāla AD
  • 大黒
Definition in this text:

A yakṣa king.

  • Mahākāla
  • ནག་པོ་ཆེ།
  • nag po che
  • mahākāla
Definition in this text:

A yakṣa general.

  • Mahākāla
  • ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ།
  • nag po chen po
  • mahākāla
Definition in this text:

In this text, the name of a yakṣa. The name typically designates an important Buddhist protector deity who is also one of Śiva’s wrathful manifestations.