84000 Glossary of Terms

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ལྷ་ཆེན་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ལྷ་ཆེན་པོ།

  • lha chen po
  • mahā­deva
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  • Mahā­deva (the king)
  • ལྷ་ཆེན་པོ།
  • lha chen po
  • mahā­deva
Definition in this text:

In former times, the king of the city of Mithilā. His two chief ministers were Nanda and Upananda.

In other contexts, sometimes an epithet of the god Śiva, see “Mahā­deva.”