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a type of demon, presumably the followers of the ''daitya'' (or ''asura'') Tāraka.  +
'Lord', 'Blessed One'; fem. ''Bhagavatī'': a title of Buddhas  +
a mother-goddess, identified with Pārvatī, Durgā, etc.; it is prophesied that she will one day be reborn as the Buddha Umeśvara.  +
malignant beings of the ''preta'' class, ghosts etc.  +
grammar, dialectics, medicine, arts and crafts, and religious philosophy.  +
the white thorn-apple, ''Datura alba'', mentioned in commentary to MA VI.25 as a drug that distorts the perceptions  +
1. see Calm and Insight. 2. Path of I. (''darśana-mārga, mthong lam''): the realization of direct insight into Ultimate Reality, whereby one becomes an ''Ārya''. 3. What is abandoned by I. (''darśana-heya, mthong spang''): many defilements, with the mental and non-mental factors associated with them, are eliminated by this realization.  +
Tantras of the ''Anuttara-yoga'' class are divided into Father-tantras such as the ''Guhyasamāja'', which emphasize the Method side, the practice of the Illusory Body; and Mother-tantras such as the ''Saṃvara'' and ''Hevajra'', which emphasize more the Wisdom side, the indivisibility of Bliss and Emptiness. See Lessing & Wayman, 260—267.  +