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འགོང་པོ
Bewitchers [GD]

spirits who cause mishap [RY]

kind of bewitching/ craving don/ spirit, [IW]

shape-shifting/ insidious demon [RB]

Gongpo spirits. A type of evil spirit symbolizing ego-clinging, sometimes counted among the 'eight classes of gods and demons.' [RY]

an enchanter, sorcerer; gongpo spirits, bewitching demons, craving spirit; an evil spirit, a demon who causes disease [RY]

enchanter, 1 of sde brgyad, evil demon, SA dmu [JV]

obstructive demons, bewitching demons, evil demons, egoic demons [Erick Tsiknopoulos]