brjed byed

brjed byed

A spirit that causes epilepsy.

Epileptic or otherwise, symptom that may be evidence of an illness considered an impediment to ordination.
See also http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-001-001.html#UT22084-001-001-1011.

This is the name for epilepsy, but also refers to the demon that causes epilepsy and loss of consciousness, as in the Kāraṇḍavyūha. The Tibetan specifically means "causing forgetting."

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