gzhi bdag

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གཞི་བདག
Local deity. A powerful spirit of the region [RY]

local deity, monster, naga, lord of the soil, king, nobleman, local spirits, lords of the soil, protective deities of places and of the earth [JV]

local deity/ spirit, owner of the ground, god the the locality, protecting spirit, like sa bdag [IW]

local guardians [RY]

local spirits; master of locality; local spirit; local protective deities; genius loci, Local deity, local divinity. local spirit, owner of the ground, god the locality, protecting spirit. genius loci, local spirits [RY]

master of locality; local spirit/ elemental [RB]

1) grounds masters, earth masters, earthly masters, local masters; 2) grounds sovereigns, earth sovereigns, earthly sovereigns, local sovereigns; 3) grounds guardians, earth guardians, earthly guardians, local guardians. Etymology: gzhi'i dag po, protective deities of specific places, areas and locations. ET