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gtog pa to pluck off, gather, crop, tear out; ransom offerings [RY]

pluck off, gather, crop, tear out, rim gro'i ritual [IW]

exorcise ritual [RY]

bon po rite of ransom, magic ceremony for the purpose of averting misfortune, rituals, beneficial rite, general name designating various types of rites in which the officiant relies on the power of his protective deity after having satisfied the deity with offerings, to eliminate disturbances and subjugate negative forces, rites, SA gto nag po, gto dmar po, gto dkar po, gto khra bo [JV]

1) ransom offering, ransom ritual, ransom rite; 2) sacrificial offering, sacrificial ritual, sacrificial rite; 3) propitiatory offering, propitiatory ritual, propitiatory rite. See gto nag po, gto dmar po, gto dkar po and gto khra bo. Erick Tsiknopoulos