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gnam phyi gung rgyal/
ID:
T114048
  • གནམ་ཕྱི་གུང་རྒྱལ (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > gnam phyi gung rgyal/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)

A female deity in the Bön pantheon, who is found in several different contexts; she appears in cosmogonic narratives, in the Gesar epic, and is also identified with the protector deity srid pa'i rgyal mo. gnam phyi gung rgyal is also found as the female companion to the protector deity gnam phyi gung rgyal; in this role, she belongs to a class of female deities called sman, and became a protector of the doctrine after being subdued by snang gzher lod po.

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English
Author:
Chris Hatchell
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1. Jim Valby Dictionary

ancestress queen of the sky, 1 of srid pa mo dgu, one of the foremost female deities of the Tibetan pantheon

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