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Bodiless Lord; Comment: the God of Desire ('dod lha, kAmadeva), the demonic Lord of Love (dga' rab dbang phyug). According to Gung-tang, he shot his five arrows — which cause arrogance, dullness, thorough obscuration, fainting, and mindlessness while Maheshvara was dwelling in asceticism in union with the goddess Uma, thereby causing Maheshvara to fall from his practice. Understanding that this was done by a demon, Maheshvara angered and emitted fire from his third eye of fire — the other two being sun and moon — burning away the body of the Sinful Demon (bdud sdig can, an epithet of the God of Desire), who thereby came to be called the "Bodiless Lord."

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