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'''Eight [[charnel ground]] ornaments''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[དུར་ཁྲོད་ཆས་བརྒྱད།]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[dur khrod chas brgyad]]'' ) of a [[wrathful deity]] are: | '''Eight [[charnel ground]] ornaments''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[དུར་ཁྲོད་ཆས་བརྒྱད།]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[dur khrod chas brgyad]]'' ) of a [[wrathful deity]] are: | ||
| − | #The three garments (Tib.{{BigTibetan|[[བགོ་བའི་གོས་གསུམ།]]}}, Wyl. ''[[bgo ba’i gos gsum]]''): elephant, human, and tiger skin; | + | #The three garments (Tib.{{BigTibetan|[[བགོ་བའི་གོས་གསུམ།]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[bgo ba’i gos gsum]]''): [[elephant]], [[human]], and [[tiger skin]]; |
| − | #Two fastened ornaments (Tib.{{BigTibetan|[[གདགས་པའི་རྒྱན་གཉིས།]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gdags pa’i rgyan gnyis]]''): human skulls and snakes; and | + | #Two fastened ornaments (Tib.{{BigTibetan|[[གདགས་པའི་རྒྱན་གཉིས།]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[gdags pa’i rgyan gnyis]]''): [[human skulls]] and {{Wiki|snakes}}; and |
| − | #Three smeared substances (Tib.{{BigTibetan|[[བྱུག་པའི་རྫས་གསུམ།]]}}, Wyl. ''[[byug pa’i rdzas gsum]]''): ashes, blood, and grease. <ref>* {{Nolinking|Thinley Norbu, ''The Small Golden Key''.}}</ref> | + | #Three smeared {{Wiki|substances}} (Tib.{{BigTibetan|[[བྱུག་པའི་རྫས་གསུམ།]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[byug pa’i rdzas gsum]]''): ashes, {{Wiki|blood}}, and grease. <ref>* {{Nolinking|Thinley Norbu, ''The Small Golden Key''.}}</ref> |
| − | These also form part of the [[ten glorious ornaments]]. | + | These also [[form]] part of the [[ten glorious ornaments]]. |
*The three garments: | *The three garments: | ||
| − | :An elephant skin is a sign that [[ignorance]] has been subdued by the [[ten strengths]]; | + | :An [[elephant]] {{Wiki|skin}} is a sign that [[ignorance]] has been subdued by the [[ten strengths]]; |
| − | :A human skin is a sign that [[desire]] has been subdued by desireless great compassion; and | + | :A [[human]] {{Wiki|skin}} is a sign that [[desire]] has been subdued by [[desireless]] [[great compassion]]; and |
| − | :A tiger skin is a sign that anger or hatred has been subdued by wrathful [[compassion]]<ref>* Ibid..</ref> | + | :A [[tiger skin]] is a sign that [[anger]] or [[hatred]] has been subdued by [[wrathful]] [[compassion]]<ref>* Ibid..</ref> |
*The two kinds of fastened ornaments: | *The two kinds of fastened ornaments: | ||
| − | :: Dried and fresh human skull ornaments, which are | + | :: Dried and fresh [[human skull]] ornaments, which are |
| − | :::The crown of five dry human skulls, | + | :::The [[crown of five dry human skulls]], |
| − | :::The garland of fifty fresh heads, | + | :::The [[garland]] of fifty fresh heads, |
| − | :::The bracelets of fragments of human heads. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> | + | :::The bracelets of fragments of [[human]] heads. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> |
| − | ::Snake ornaments: | + | ::{{Wiki|Snake}} ornaments: |
| − | :::The white-spotted snake hair ribbon, which symbolizes the subjugation of the caste of [[naga]] kings; | + | :::The white-spotted {{Wiki|snake}} [[hair]] ribbon, which [[symbolizes]] the subjugation of the [[caste]] of [[naga]] [[kings]]; |
| − | :::The yellow-spotted snake earrings, which symbolize the subjugation of the caste of [[naga]] nobility; | + | :::The yellow-spotted {{Wiki|snake}} earrings, which [[symbolize]] the subjugation of the [[caste]] of [[naga]] [[nobility]]; |
| − | :::The red-spotted snake necklace which symbolizes the subjugation of the [[Brahmin]] [[caste]] of [[nagas]]; | + | :::The red-spotted {{Wiki|snake}} necklace which [[symbolizes]] the subjugation of the [[Brahmin]] [[caste]] of [[nagas]]; |
| − | :::The green-spotted snake bracelets which symbolize the subjugation of the ordinary [[caste]] of [[nagas]]; and | + | :::The green-spotted {{Wiki|snake}} bracelets which [[symbolize]] the subjugation of the ordinary [[caste]] of [[nagas]]; and |
| − | :::The black-spotted snake belt or sash which symbolizes the subjugation of the lowest [[caste]] of [[nagas]]. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> | + | :::The black-spotted {{Wiki|snake}} belt or sash which [[symbolizes]] the subjugation of the lowest [[caste]] of [[nagas]]. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> |
| − | *The three smeared substances which symbolize the subjugation of jealousy, are: | + | *The three smeared {{Wiki|substances}} which [[symbolize]] the subjugation of [[jealousy]], are: |
| − | :Ashes on the forehead, | + | :Ashes on the {{Wiki|forehead}}, |
| − | :Blood on the bridge of the nose, or the cheeks, and | + | :{{Wiki|Blood}} on the bridge of the {{Wiki|nose}}, or the cheeks, and |
| − | :Mouldy grease on the chin. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> | + | :Mouldy grease on the [[chin]]. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 18 December 2020
Eight charnel ground ornaments (Tib. དུར་ཁྲོད་ཆས་བརྒྱད།, Wyl. dur khrod chas brgyad ) of a wrathful deity are:
- The three garments (Tib.བགོ་བའི་གོས་གསུམ།, Wyl. bgo ba’i gos gsum): elephant, human, and tiger skin;
- Two fastened ornaments (Tib.གདགས་པའི་རྒྱན་གཉིས།, Wyl. gdags pa’i rgyan gnyis): human skulls and snakes; and
- Three smeared substances (Tib.བྱུག་པའི་རྫས་གསུམ།, Wyl. byug pa’i rdzas gsum): ashes, blood, and grease. [1]
These also form part of the ten glorious ornaments.
- The three garments:
- An elephant skin is a sign that ignorance has been subdued by the ten strengths;
- A human skin is a sign that desire has been subdued by desireless great compassion; and
- A tiger skin is a sign that anger or hatred has been subdued by wrathful compassion[2]
- The two kinds of fastened ornaments:
- Dried and fresh human skull ornaments, which are
- The crown of five dry human skulls,
- The garland of fifty fresh heads,
- The bracelets of fragments of human heads. [3]
- Dried and fresh human skull ornaments, which are
- Snake ornaments:
- The white-spotted snake hair ribbon, which symbolizes the subjugation of the caste of naga kings;
- The yellow-spotted snake earrings, which symbolize the subjugation of the caste of naga nobility;
- The red-spotted snake necklace which symbolizes the subjugation of the Brahmin caste of nagas;
- The green-spotted snake bracelets which symbolize the subjugation of the ordinary caste of nagas; and
- The black-spotted snake belt or sash which symbolizes the subjugation of the lowest caste of nagas. [4]
- Snake ornaments:
- The three smeared substances which symbolize the subjugation of jealousy, are:
- Ashes on the forehead,
- Blood on the bridge of the nose, or the cheeks, and
- Mouldy grease on the chin. [5]
