ging chen

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1) great or large skeleton; 2) Great Skeleton Warrior, Great Skeleton Dancer, Great Skeleton Servant, Great Skeleton Messenger (depends on context and usage, usually meaning the emissary, messenger or servant of a Deity or Heruka). Ging is short for ging ka ra, a corrupt form of the Sanskit king ka ra, which in Tibetan is pho nya, "emissary". See also ging, ging pho and ging mo [Erick Tsiknopoulos]