84000 Glossary of Terms

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བགེགས་མེད་པའི་བདག་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • བགེགས་མེད་པའི་བདག་པོ།

  • bgegs med pa’i bdag po
  • vighnapati
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  • Vighnapati
  • བགེགས་མེད་པའི་བདག་པོ།
  • bgegs med pa’i bdag po
  • vighnapati
Definition in this text:

“Lord of obstacles,” although the Tibetan translates it as “lord of no obstacles.” One of the names of the elephant-headed deity that is the son of Śiva and Pārvatī, also known as Ganesh (Ganeśa or Gaṇapati; tshogs kyi bdag po).

1 Related glossary entries:

ཚོགས་བདག

  • gaṇapati
  • mahāgaṇapati
  • Gaṇapati
  • Great Gaṇapati
  • Mahāgaṇapati