phra man

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+(ma - striped, variegated/ tramen, "alloyed"/ "hybrid" goddess ("with head different from the body" [IW]

+[ma] - striped, variegated / tramen, "alloy" / "hybrid" goddess. ["with head different from the body"] [RY]

animal-headed divinity [included under humans], sorcery, witchcraft [IW]

animal-headed divinity a class of beings included under humans, sorcery, witchcraft [the tramens are the deities who protect the fringe of the mandala; sometimes they are depicted as hermaphrodite or half-black half-white representing uncertainty, which could become confusion or liberation in vys they appear as beautiful godesses with animal heads] [IW]

stripped, variegated / tramen, "alloy" / "hybrid" goddess. ["with head different from the body"] [RY]