84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཚོགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཚོགས་པ།

  • tshogs pa
  • gaṇa
  • Term
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  • gaṇa
  • ཚོགས་པ།
  • tshogs pa
  • gaṇa AO
Definition in this text:

The name for the troops or classes of lower deities and beings, particularly those considered attendants of the god Śiva over whom Ganeśa (lit. “Lord of the Gaṇas”) has control.