84000 Glossary of Terms

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གདོལ་བ་མོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གཏུམ་བྱེད་མ།

  • གཏུམ་མོ།
  • གདོལ་བ་མོ།
  • gdol ba mo
  • gtum mo
  • gtum byed ma
  • caṇḍālī
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  • Caṇḍālī
  • གདོལ་བ་མོ།
  • གཏུམ་མོ།
  • gdol ba mo
  • gtum mo
  • caṇḍālī
Definition in this text:

An outcaste woman; one of the female deities in the retinue of Hevajra; the mystic heat below the navel, personified as a goddess; one of the five ḍākinīs visualized on the prongs of the vajra scepter.

  • Caṇḍālī
  • གཏུམ་མོ།
  • gtum mo
  • caṇḍālī
Definition in this text:

A great rākṣasī.

  • Caṇḍālī
  • caṇḍālī
Definition in this text:

A frequently invoked divinity in esoteric Buddhist literature, her name references one of the lowest castes in Indian society.

  • Caṇḍālī
  • གཏུམ་བྱེད་མ།
  • gtum byed ma
  • caṇḍālī
Definition in this text:

A frequently invoked deity in esoteric Buddhist literature, her name references one of the lowest castes in Indian society.