A class of potentially harmful spirit being associated with plague.
A class of potentially harmful spirit beings associated with various states of possession and mental illness.
A class of potentially harmful spirit beings associated with various states of possession and mental illness.
The name of the city of Laṅkā, which is mythologized as the ancient capital of Śrī Laṅkā.
Mahākāla is a wrathful Buddhist protector deity. In Tibetan, the name Mahākāla was mostly translated literally with nag po chen po (“Great Black One”) but on occasion it was rendered mgon po nag po (“Black Lord”). In Toh 440, for which the Sanskrit is extant, we have an attested example of this. Hence we have rendered both Tibetan terms in this text as Mahākāla. Outside the Buddhist tradition, Mahākāla is also a name for a wrathful form of Śiva.
A class of nonhuman beings that are often, but certainly not always, considered demonic in the Buddhist tradition. They are often depicted as flesh-eating monsters who haunt frightening places and are ugly and evil-natured with a yearning for human flesh, and who additionally have miraculous powers, such as being able to change their appearance.
A class of demonic female beings.
A term for a class of spell and the female beings or goddesses who embody the power of that spell and carry out the action for which that spell is employed.
A class of nonhuman being.
A young female yakṣa, a class of potentially harmful nonhuman beings.
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