SGRUN, LDE<U & BON
p. 13 Tale of the Corpse
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successive transfomations Ro-sgrun |
pursued by 7 each of |
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don-grub |
sorcerors |
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white horse |
merchants |
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golden fish |
otters |
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counter-beads of mala (rosary) |
cotton-clad yogin-s |
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rooster |
insects |
p. 27 names for squares in 3 columns of 3 each in lde<u-<phrul (key-pebble) divination {diagramatically:---}
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1a. sgra bla bya khyun |
2a. White Sky Lady |
3a. Long-necked sring-po |
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1b. Only One Born From Slate Meadows |
2b. Young Slate Female Yak |
3b. srin-mo Riding a Pig |
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1c. Reddish Gray Stone Mare |
2c. Hind |
3c. Bitch With a Keen Sense of Smell |
p. 37 gzer myig
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scripture |
meaning |
enclosed in book of |
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dpon gsas |
oral instructions |
gold |
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cab nag |
original lineage |
iron |
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<phan yul |
100,000 <bum |
copper |
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cab dkar |
mantra snags |
silver |
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md.od |
turquoise |
p. 39 gzi brjid: tradition of southern gter-ma -- the 9 theg-pa (Ways), 4 of Cause + 5 of Fruit
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# |
name |
meaning |
function |
p. 49 # among deities of 12 lores of Bon of Cause |
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1 |
phywa |
divination |
2nd |
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2 |
snan |
universe |
ransom |
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3 |
<phrul |
magic power |
liberation |
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4 |
srid |
existence |
funerary |
4th |
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5 |
dge-bsn~en |
virtuous ones |
conduct of laity |
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6 |
dran-sron |
ascetics |
monastic discipline |
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7 |
a dkar |
white "A" |
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8 |
ye gs`en |
primordial gs`en |
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9 |
yan rt.e bla med |
supreme |
p. 46 Mirror of Royal Genealogies
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# |
gs`en |
meaning |
hath |
meaning |
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1 |
snan |
universe |
bal thod |
woolen turban |
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2 |
<phrul |
magic power |
t.hon |
colored wool |
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3 |
phywa |
divination |
ju thig |
knotted cords |
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4 |
<dur |
funerary rites |
mt.hon |
weapons |
p. 48 animal-cries
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# |
melody |
of the |
for |
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1 |
roar |
Turquoise Dragon |
invite |
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2 |
chirping |
Female Eagle (khyun-mo) or Kite (ne-le) |
exhort |
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3 |
Duck that hath Lost its Ducklings |
man |
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4 |
Peacock Beating its Feathers |
livestock |
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5 |
sweet |
Cuckoo |
gladden |
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6 |
warbling |
Lark |
ransoms |
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7 |
shrieking |
Parrot |
communicate |
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8 |
screeching |
Hungry Crow |
sri |
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9 |
droning |
Hornet (stag-sbran) |
sri |
p. 51 powerful thug-kar deities of 3 gz`un (traditions)
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color |
name |
ye- |
Primordial |
numbering |
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white |
lha |
-srid |
Existence |
360 |
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many-colored |
gn~an |
-dban |
Power |
250 |
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black |
dmag (armies) |
-<dul |
Conquerors |
108 |
pp. 54-55 sgra-bla deities in 3 classes
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ye- |
Primordial |
forefather |
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-srid |
Existence |
Great Long-maned Khyun (Garud.a) of 360 feathers, having its claws in ground |
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-rje |
Aspiration |
__ mountain |
with __ valley |
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1. golden |
turquoise, on the right |
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2. conch-white |
chalcedony, on the left |
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3. lake of light |
nigh quartz |
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-dban |
Power |
the 9 drwa brethren, having pretious: |
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1. self-created fortress |
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2. seats of sme-ba |
pp. 57-58 bse<u
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in land of the |
meaning |
ruler |
in hands holdeth |
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the dead |
Yama (gs`in-rje) |
khran-s`in (tablet whereon are carven crosses -- p. 245, n. 39) |
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lha |
deva-s |
Maha-kala |
bin-chen (sandalwood stick) |
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lha-min |
asura-s |
pure divine power |
multi-colored gold lance |
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gn~an |
crown jewel |
nor-bu <bar-ba (Flaming jewel) |
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animals |
White Lioness |
[turquoise-maned] |
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yi-dwags |
preta-s |
Flaming Mouth |
sream of nectareous milk |
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smon-pa |
Magic Power |
sharp-bladed sword |
pp. 59-60 with Magic Power, fortresses of Wer-ma
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direction |
fortress |
containing soldiers |
associated with |
and with |
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east |
8-cornered |
100,000 white |
white Khyun feathers |
snow-flakes |
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south |
having 9 rings of walls |
seated on 100,000 white bulls |
white monkeys |
"Nest-smithy" |
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west |
seated on 100,000 tigers |
gzi (multi-colored) feathers of dun khra (white hawk) |
hailstones |
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north |
100,000 turquoise |
turquoise feathers of lcog chun dkar-mo (lark, small white) |
mgon-po: upper part of body human, lower part dragon, lightning-tongue, copper mouth, girded by ring of wind |
pp. 81-81 10 mdos (redemption) for women
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# |
women |
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1 |
queen of chud |
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2 |
queen of ma-mo |
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3 |
queen of ma-yam |
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4 |
ma-mo of universe |
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5 |
crosses of the armies of brtan-ma |
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6 |
nailed crosses of skyon-ma, whereto the names of the victims are affixed as if nailed |
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7 |
kha-la gan-dkar (foremost sman-mo) |
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8 |
sman-mo gzed |
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9 |
queen of ma-bdud |
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10 |
queen of mtsho-sman |
p. 84 gZi-brjid -- quantity of exemplars of ritual object in outer mdos
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for |
exemplars |
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minor king |
500 |
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queen |
360 |
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minister |
116 |
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monk |
108 |
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head of family |
61 |
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noble land-owning woman |
51 |
p. 94 classes of gdon
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direction |
class of deity |
color (of article of clothing) |
associates |
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south |
btsan |
red armor |
dar-red gri-bo (murderer) |
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southwest |
sa-bdag |
yellow turban |
phu-bdag |
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west |
bdud |
black cloak |
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northwest |
rgyal-<gon |
yellow hat |
the<u-ran (gray hair in tuft) |
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north |
klu |
blue [body] |
ma-mo (black silken dress) |
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northeast |
rbad-<dre |
dkor-<dre (wealth-spirits) |
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east |
rgyal-po |
yellow round hat |
smyo-<dre (naked spirits of madness) |
p. 98 linga image of gs`ed in a <dur
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for a |
must have the head of a |
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man |
deer |
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woman |
black pig |
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important person |
makara |
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child |
mouse |
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the slain |
red monkey |
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[specifically, death by:--] |
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gZa< (Rahu) |
gZa< |
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famine |
hoopoe |
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choked |
bra-ba (rodent -- p. 257, n. 44) |
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rockfall |
magpie |
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in own bed |
yak |
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mother/son |
hare |
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sri |
mdzo-mo |
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drowning |
waterbird |
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suicide |
mdzo |
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old age |
monkey |
pp. 100-101 time during nykhthemeron
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in the east, the __ |
hath the __ (color) |
face of a __ (animal) |
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dawn |
white |
lion |
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morning |
yellow |
jackal |
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midday |
yellowish white |
vulture |
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evening |
blue |
crow |
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night |
red |
fox |
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midnight |
black |
tiger |
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daybreak |
green |
pig |
p. 108 jealousy
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between |
and |
caused |
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black hound |
goat |
murder of relatives |
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bdud |
gtsan |
shift of color of tent-fabric to black |
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the<u-ran |
srin-po |
disturbances of objects and of riches |
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mo-gdon |
bsen-mo |
transport of black kitchen utensils [p. 260, n. 21 thus hindering marriage of bride] |
pp. 108-110 Ge-khod mnol bsan -- gnam phyi ("sky-queen") in 13th heaven: her plant-spittle is geography
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name |
common name |
species |
geographical feature (where found) |
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a-kron dkar-po |
sandstone white |
arenaria kansuensis |
snow |
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sro-lo |
stalwort |
stellaria dichotoma |
slate |
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a-ba |
carex |
carex sp. |
rocks |
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spra-ba |
white-peaked eidelweiss |
leontopodium dedkensii |
meadows |
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spos-me |
shortea robusta |
barren rocky mountains |
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mkhan-pa |
golden-leaf artemisia |
artemisia sieversiana |
clefts in rocks |
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turquoise-leaf cypress |
sunny slopes |
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ba-spru |
white hellebore |
milabiris himalaica |
notth-facing slopes |
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brown sandalwood |
forests |
p. 112 cosmic purification
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may __ |
purify the __ (deities) |
that fill the __ |
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smoke |
lha |
sky |
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sparks |
gn~an |
intermediate space |
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flames |
klu |
earth |
p. 114 lustration sprinkled by grouse
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color |
of medicine |
from the __ |
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camphor |
snws |
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cuttlefish-bone |
waters |
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yellow |
marigold |
meadows |
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white |
calcite |
stones |
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brown |
mineral pitch |
rock |
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chalcedony-colored |
musk (from musk-deer) |
forests |
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bezoar (internal concretion) |
elephant |
p. 115 4 rivers from Supreme Mountain
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direction |
waters |
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east |
9 types of lustration |
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north |
boiling water |
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west |
medicinal water |
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south |
nectar |
p. 119 13 types of blood that purify
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animal |
meaning |
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thoroughbred horse |
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crystal-white goat |
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bse<u ru gcig |
rhinoceros |
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dur phag lcag mgo |
cemetery-pig with iron-colored head |
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brown bull |
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white vulture |
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khon-mo <bron |
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white snow-lynx |
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dom |
selenarctos thibetanus |
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dred |
polar bear = ursus arctus |
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rnas |
red deer |
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kha-s`a |
dappled deer = cervus elaphus wallichii |
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ye-tse snon-mo |
Chinese ya-tsi "flat-billed water-bird"; or, blue hawk |
p. 120 contamination, cured by bathing in blood of animal
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contamination by having __ |
blood of __ |
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exchanged one's yi-dam (tutelary deity) |
vulture |
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contaminated "vow deity" |
"blue hawk" |
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broken "vow" |
thoroughbred horse |
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mated with mun nag-mo (impure woman) |
goat |
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lain with woman tarnished by murder |
snow-lynx |
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donned attire of unknown person |
cemetery pig |
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eaten food offered by vow-breaker |
<bron |
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eaten meat from horse |
brown bull |
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touched corpse |
dom & dred (bears) |
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stopped worshipping gn~an-rgod |
bse<u ru gcig (rhinoceros) |
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offended the lha-rgod |
rnas & kha-s`a (deers) |
p. 147 gZer-mig -- Bon of gtsug lag (peak branch)
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# |
meaning |
repraesentative |
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higher (13) |
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1 |
dbal |
rom po |
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2 |
yogs |
widowhood |
gto rgyal |
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3 |
khrin |
laws |
phywa sans |
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4 |
gn~er |
protection |
gto chen |
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5 |
<o |
milk |
<bran zu |
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6 |
<tshams |
weddings |
yo kru |
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7 |
bdud |
chu lcags |
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8 |
dmu |
ye<u than |
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9 |
btsan |
<tshal lcags |
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10 |
srid |
generations |
mu cho |
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11 |
skos |
control |
gtsug sras |
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12 |
phywa |
the<u legs |
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13 |
lha |
deities |
thod dkar |
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intermediate (9) |
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1 |
zla |
moon |
tshes pa |
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2 |
n~i |
sun |
dran ma |
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3 |
skar |
stars |
tshig gu |
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4 |
sprin |
clouds |
ba thul |
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5 |
gz`a< |
rainbows |
khug tan |
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6 |
dal |
epidemics |
lu gu |
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7 |
zer |
rays |
gdan sn~an |
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8 |
lo |
harvests |
rtsis <debs |
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9 |
rdzi |
livestock |
phyur ba |
13 + 11 + 9 (earthly) = 33
p. 148 skos rje dran dkar ("entrusted lord staff white") established 9 skos
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skos |
against the __ |
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bdud |
men |
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hawk |
birds |
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axe |
trees |
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scythe |
grass |
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cold wind |
heat |
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sun |
cold |
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wild beasts |
bdud |
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medicines |
diseases |
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gto |
bgegs |
p. 168 primordial gray egg
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from its __ |
were formed __ |
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shell |
gdon & dri-za |
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membrane |
360 "ill omens" |
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yolk |
404 diseases |
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essence |
360 gdon |
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vapor |
21,000 rkyen |
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"impurity" (albumen) |
60,000 bgegs |
pp. 178-179 deity-bird hovering over deer
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hovering bird |
meaning |
of the __ |
whose __ deer walketh |
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chough |
bdud |
black |
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go snon |
head-blue |
dmu |
brown |
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red bird |
btsan |
red |
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khyim bya |
white cock |
rgyal-po |
white |
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gon-mo |
grouse |
lha |
white |
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yellow bird |
klu |
yellow-bellied |
p. 181 10 tines of deer's antler rescue
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1st |
body |
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2nd |
voice |
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3rd |
mind |
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4th |
4 births, from: womb (mnal), egg (sgon), miraculous, heat-humidity |
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5th |
5 aggregates |
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6th |
6 categories of beings |
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7th |
7-times-born-as-brahmins |
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8th |
8 aggregates |
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9th |
kun-gz`i (alaya) |
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10th |
sponsor of rite |
p. 210 animal-mounts (13 each) of sri
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animal |
sri |
meaning |
head |
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musk deer |
thab gz`ob |
heath burnt |
Heavy Rapidly-Spreading Obfuscation |
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white grouse |
<khon dam |
rancor breakage |
Nine-Headed Anger |
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speckled bear |
dom rmugs |
ursine darkening |
Black Mountain of Attachment |
p. 214 13 srid-pa<i dug ("existence poisons")
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# |
name |
meaning |
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1 |
bon-nga nag-po |
aconite black |
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2 |
mkhar-gon srin-can |
[white stone] |
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3 |
glan-ma |
[a tree] |
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4 |
than-khrom |
datura |
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re-lcag |
stellaria cham. |
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5 |
maize & peasen |
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6 |
btsa< chu |
rust liquid |
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7 |
gser |
gold |
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8 |
g.yu |
turquoise |
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9 |
dun |
conch-shell |
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10 |
lcags |
iron |
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11 |
dnul |
silver |
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12 |
zans |
copper |
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13 |
rag |
brass |
Drung, Deu, and Bon, by Namkhai Norbu. Translated from Tibetan into Italian by Adriano Clemente. Translated from italian into English by Andrew Lukianowicz. Library of Tibetan Works and Archive, Dharamsala, 1995.