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Vedic god of rain, who became considered lord of all the gods. In Buddhist ''sūtras'' he is usually called Śakra. +
fem. a class of semidivine beings, generally beneficent but sometimes malignant so that it is well to propitiate them with offerings. Many are local divinities of the countryside, often dwelling in sacred trees and guarding the treasure buried nearby. Others live on Mount Meru, guarding the realm of the gods. They are ruled by ĸubera, the god of wealth and guardian of the northern quarter. +
a kind of demon or spirit that occupies dead bodies +
see Friendliness; 'Love' also translates ''brtse (ba)'', which includes compassion or mercy. +
lit. 'death'. 1. The Evil One, a powerful god ruling the highest heaven of the Desire Realm, who habitually tries to distract and hinder Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Since each world-system has its own set of heavens, it is possible to speak of infinitely many such Evil Ones. 2. The four ''māras'' or obstructions to practice of the Dharma: those of defilements, death and the aggregates, and the god Māra (=1). 3. Māra's whole army of followers are also called Māras or ''māras'' after him; they act as evil spirits, obstructing Dharma practice. +
a painting on cloth. +
the three ill destinies, see Destiny. +
Tantric rite for deity practice, see pp. 331-6. +
Desire R., Form R., Formless R. +
the human existence with all necessary conditions for Dharma practice - free of the eight leisureless states, and with ten factors of good fortune (Rabten, ''The Essential Nectar'', n.35). +
a subtle divine state of samsaric existence, where sense of smell, sense of taste and sexual organs are absent, and physical suffering, mental distress and unwholesome mental factors such as attachment cannot arise +
'guarding; to be guarded against': an evil being or demon. Some say there are also benevolent ''rākṣasas'', of a semi-divine nature like the ''yakṣas''. +
'He who holds a ''vajra'' in his hand', n. of a Bodhisattva and Tantric deity, a ''yakṣa'' prince. +
the s. of magical power (of levitation, transmutation and control of one's feelings), divine hearing, knowing others' thoughts, remembering past lives, and knowing the death and rebirth of sentient beings; and (in ''Arhants'' and Buddhas only) knowledge of the exhaustion of the contaminations. See ''Mppś'', Chap. XLIII. +
a kind of cloth worn by ''devas''; according to Dharmabhadra and Ch, 'five-coloured'. +
passing away in a mass of rainbow light and leaving no corpse behind. +
scholar, learned man. +
'Imperturbable', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Vajra Family +
member of the priestly caste +
a title of deities. +
