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ལྷ་འདྲེ་སྡེ་བརྒྱད

Eight Legions or Eight Classes of Gods and Demons; 天龍八部; Tibetan: ལྷའདྲེ་སྡེབརྒྱད (lha dre de gye); Wylie: lha ‘dre sde brgyad; Sanskrit: Astasena, Astagatyah; 

Astasena, Astagatyah, Eight Legions or Classes of Gods and Demons are worldly spirits appearing in Buddhist texts such as Lotus Sutra and the Golden Light Sutra:

  • Deva 天眾
  • Naga 龍眾
  • Yaksa 夜叉
  • Gandharva 乾闥婆/香神
  • Asura 阿修羅
  • Garuda 迦樓羅/大鵬金翅鳥
  • Kimnara 緊那羅
  • Mahoraga 摩睺羅伽

天龍八部是佛教護法神中以天、龍為首的八種神話種族。

There are other classifications of Gods and Demons that include some of the following:

  • Mara
  • Matrka
  • Rahula
  • Rakshasa 羅剎天
  • Ging
  • Tsen
  • Earth Lord
  • Teurang
  • Gyalpo
  • Yama 夜摩天
Synonyms/Additional Terms 同義詞:
Astasena, 天龍八部, Eight Legions, Gods and Demons, Astagatyah

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