- dgra lha/
- ID:
- T34069
- དགྲ་ལྷ (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > dgra lha/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- > dralha (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
A class of deity that fights with and destroys the enemies of its worshipers. Note that such deities are not always ferocious in aspect.
- Creative Etymology:
- The term is often spelled sgra bla (“voice spirit”) in Bon literature; it is possible that this represents a type of muse, which gradually became conceived of as a fierce protector.
Etymology
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Chris Hatchell
Other Dictionaries
2. Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary
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war-god, deity of war
- language:
- English
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Warrior spirit. Dralha
- language:
- English
4. Jim Valby Dictionary
one of sku lnga rgyal po, god of war, war god, 1 of sde brgyad, deity of the enemy, a warrior deity whose task it is to fight one's enemies, deity that conquers the enemy's bla, deity of the enemy
- language:
- English
6. Thupten Phuntsok Dictionary
དགྲ་བོ་དང་གཡུལ་བཤམ་པའི་ཚེ་རང་སྡེ་ལ་མགོན་སྐྱབས་སྡོང་གྲོགས་བྱེད་པའི་ལྷའི་མིང་།
- language:
- Tibetan
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