lhag mgron

excellent/ supreme torch [IW]

residual guests. They are the twenty-eight Ishvaris (dbang phyug nyer brgyad), the thirty-two dakinis (mkha' 'gro so gnyis), the eighteen great Ging (ging chen bco brgyad) etc. They are half wisdom half worldly deities. They are only allowed to eat the residual (lhag ma) but not the primary feast offering (tshogs phud) [RY]

residual guests or the guests of the residual are following groups of deities: The twenty-eight Ishvaris (dbang phyug nyer brgyad), the thirty-two dakinis (mkha' 'gro so gnyi), the eighteen great Ging (ging chen bco brgyad), the sixteen Lanka (lang ka bcu drug), the eight Barma ('bar ma brgyad), the seven mothers (ma bdun), the four sisters (sring bzhi), the three hundred and sixty servants (pho nya sum brgya drug cu), the four great kings (rgyal chen bzhi), the protectors of the ten directions (phyogs skyong bcu), devas and nagas (lha glu), the twenty-eight planets and stars (gza' skar nyer brgyad), and the nine scary ones ('jigs byed dgu). The seventy-five glorious protectors (dpal mgon bdun cu rtsa lnga), the twelve brtan ma (brtan ma bcu gnyis), the thirteen mgul lha (mgul lha bcu gsum) etc, all the oath bound worldly protectors which are installed in the commands (bka') and vows (dam). All these deities are half wisdom deities and half worldly deities. They are only allowed to eat the residual (lhag ma) but not the primary feast offering (tshogs phud) [RY]