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las;karman;Karma;karma;in Skt the word is wider (see Action), but in English it means a willed action of body, speech or mind, and the impression or seed this leaves on one's personal continuum, which must eventually ripen and produce a result. +
nam mkha' lding;Garuḍa;a large mythical bird, which eats snakes. +
'byung ba;Elements,four;elements,four;bhūta;earth, water, fire, air +
rdo rje theg pa;Vajrayāna;the 'Adamantine Vehicle' — also called the Mantra Vehicle, or Tantra. +
mnar med;Avīci;the hottest hell. +
seng ldeng;Khadira;Acacia catechu, a tree with very hard wood used for the points of ploughshares, the axle-pins of chariots, amulets, etc. Its resin is used medicinally. +
dpe cha;Pe-cha;pe-cha;a Tibetan-style book, made of long strips of paper, unbound, in imitation of the Indian palm-leaf manuscripts. +
'gro ba;Destiny,migration;destiny,migration;gati;state of existence into which beings are born under the influence of their karma and defilements. The six destinies comprise three ill destinies, or bad migrations (''dur-gati, ngari 'gro or ngan song'') — hell-beings, ''pretas'' and animals — and three good destinies (''sugati, bde 'gro'') — gods, asuras and human beings. When five are spoken of, the gods and ''asuras'' are counted together +
ye shes;Wisdom-knowledge;wisdom-knowledge;jñāna;the perfect, absolute, heavenly, divine wisdom, which will suddenly break forth from the bodies of terrifying gods in the shape of fire' (Jäschke), the transcendant knowledge of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas beyond the Seventh Stage;the tenth Perfection. Five W.-k.: see ''Kleśa''. +
zag pa;Contamination;contamination;āsrava +
lha chen;Mahādeva;a form of Śiva. +
rig pa'i rgyal mo;Queen of Knowledge,Queen of Mantra;queen of knowledge,queen of mantra;vidyā-rājñī +
sdigs mdzub;Threatening forefinger;threatening forefinger;tarjanī;a gesture of threat, pointing the forefinger. +
rgyal rigs;Kṣatriya;a member of the military or governing caste +
gdon;Evil spirit;evil spirit;graha +
bskal pa;Eon;eon;kalpa;world-age, cosmic cycle +
rlung lha;Marut;perhaps 'flashing or shining one' (MW): Brahmanical god of the wind, and the numerous Vedic storm-gods. +
mkha' la spyod pa;Sky-soarer;sky-soarer;khe-cara;'one who goes in the air', deity, ''ḍākinī'';also conceivably Kha-sarpaṇa, a form of Avalokiteśvara. +
Tantra-ācārya;professor of Tantric studies. +
chags pa;Greed;greed;rāga;one of the three poisons +
