kiraṇa (4877)
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Entry 4877, Page 183, Col. 2 -
(kiraRa, kiraRa)
kiraṇa¦, m., a kind of evil spirit (associated with kākhorda, vetāla or °ḍa): Mvy 4374; Māy 220.18. Tib. on Mvy gyeṅs byed, which acc. to Das = Skt. kiṭi, ‘fig. a pig’. For Skt. kiṭi, wild hog, Lexx. give also kira, kiri. But our word certainly means a demon (possibly supposed to resemble a swine?).
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