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བྱད། | Glossary of Terms

    བྱད།

    byad

    kākhorda

  • Term
Publications: 10
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད་སྟེམས།
  • byad stems
  • kākhorda

A generally malevolent class of nonhuman being.

Translation by Benjamin Collet-Cassart
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད་སྟེམས།
  • byad stems
  • kākhorda

A generally malevolent class of semi-divine being.

Translation by Gregory Forgues · Rolf Scheuermann
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད།
  • byad
  • kākhorda

A kind of evil spirit, often associated with vetālas.

Translation by Adam Krug
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད།
  • byad
  • kākhorda

A class of spirit beings typically associated with violent sorcery rites.

Translation by Adam Krug
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད།
  • byad
  • kākhorda

A class of spirit beings typically associated with violent sorcery rites.

Translation by Julian Schott
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད།
  • byad
  • kākhorda

A class of spirit beings typically associated with violent sorcery rites.

Translation by James Gentry
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད།
  • བྱད་སྟེམ།
  • byad
  • byad stem
  • kākhorda

Harmful sorcery, or a class of being prone to perpetrating it. (See also UT22084-090-002-753).

Translation by James Gentry
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད་སྟེམས།
  • byad stems
  • kākhorda
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Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Anna Zilman · Andreas Doctor · Adam Krug
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད།
  • byad
  • kākhorda

A class of evil spirits associated with poison.

Translation by Ryan Damron · Wiesiek Mical
  • Kākhorda
  • བྱད་སྟེམས།
  • byad stems
  • kākhorda

A generally malevolent class of semidivine beings.