84000 Glossary of Terms

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དཀར་མོ་དུང་སྐྱོང་མ། | Glossary of Terms

  • དཀར་མོ་དུང་སྐྱོང་མ།

  • dkar mo dung skyong ma
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  • White Conch Protectress
  • དཀར་མོ་དུང་སྐྱོང་མ།
  • dkar mo dung skyong ma
Definition in this text:

A goddess who eventually becomes known as the Dharma protector Śrīdevī Mahākālī. Her parents are the goddess Umadevī and the god Mahādeva. She received her name by protecting a nāga called Conch Excrescence (dung gi mdzer ba can) from being killed by a garuḍa.