84000 Glossary of Terms

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གཤིན་རྗེའི་ལྕམ་མོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གཤིན་རྗེའི་ལྕམ་མོ།

  • gshin rje’i lcam mo
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  • Yama’s Sister
  • གཤིན་རྗེའི་ལྕམ་མོ།
  • gshin rje’i lcam mo
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An epithet for Devī Mahākālī. According to The Tantra of the Flaming Ḍākinī (Toh 842), Śrīdevī Mahākālī was originally born as a divine girl called Red Cāmuṇḍī. Her father was Mahādeva, her mother was Umadevī, and her brother at that time was called Yama Mahākāla. Hence, she is “Yama’s Sister.”