mtshan ma'i lha

deity of signs/ characteristics [IW]

deities of attributes. Their identities are the Three Roots while their forms are peaceful and wrathful, sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya, chief figure and retinues, in a diversity that is inconceivable. [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 64, 158] [RY]

sign deity [RY]

sign deity, deity of symbolic attributes, SA kri ya lha drug, deity of the symbolic attributes which refers to remembering the form of the visualized deity in all circumstances so practitioner perceives pure vision [JV]

deith of characteristics [rang lus la sngags kyi byin gyis brlabs pas spyod lam kun tu lha'i mtshan ma'am gzugs snang dang mi 'bral bar bsgom pa [bya rgyud kyi lha drug gi nang gses shig ... [IW]