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  • Shambhala (category Buddhist mythology) (section Shambhala in the Buddhist Kalachakra Teachings)
    In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Shambhala (also spelled Shambala or Shamballa) is a mystical kingdom hidden somewhere beyond the snowpeaks of the Himalayas
    8 KB (1,147 words) - 12:58, 20 March 2006
  • the underworld or afterlife who predominantly features in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, and belongs to an early stratum of Rigvedic deities. In Sanskrit
    2 KB (420 words) - 11:00, 25 June 2022
  • mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. In Hindu myth, Garuḍa is a lesser divinity, usually the vehicle (or
    6 KB (1,008 words) - 00:44, 5 May 2024
  • a group of dwarfish, misshapen spirits among the lesser deities of Buddhist mythology. Kumbhāṇḍa was a dialectal form for "gourd", so they may get their
    3 KB (494 words) - 19:17, 24 June 2021
  • super-human beings. They are sometimes identical with the Asuras of Buddhist mythology, in that they wage war with the deities upon Mount Meru. Indra is
    27 KB (4,379 words) - 11:38, 12 August 2008
  • spirits sometimes called hungry ghosts. A restless wandering ghost. In the Buddhist tradition, they are particularly known to suffer from hunger and thirst
    1 KB (159 words) - 13:11, 30 June 2021
  • English English Definition [garuḍa]; celestial eagle. A bird in Buddhist and Hindu mythology which is half man and half eagle symbolizing anger or wrath.
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  • into Hinduism in the early A.D. centuries. However, he was reinstated in Buddhist sūtras as the king of the gods and as a disciple of the Buddha and protector
    3 KB (491 words) - 12:58, 30 June 2021
  • sacred mountains in Tibet. Heretic - mu stegs pa, non-buddhist. Refers to teachers of non-buddhist philosophy who adhere to the extreme views of eternalism
    80 KB (12,087 words) - 14:38, 7 July 2009
  • some extent, because a naga and a mara have a specific meaning in Indian mythology, while the terms used to translate them had their own indigenous meaning
    17 KB (2,705 words) - 11:50, 12 August 2008
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    title Vinayaka 'Remover (of obstacles)' is deliberately misinterpreted by Buddhist as 'leader astray' (log 'dren). [RY] gang zag snyan brgyud - wo1 240 [RY]
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    Chakravartin: "One who rules through the wheel". A world ruler of Indian mythology. In Buddhism, he is the incarnation of a Bodhisattva as a world ruler.
    30 KB (4,618 words) - 11:21, 12 August 2008