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Eight classes of gods and demons (Tib. ལྷ་འདྲེ་སྡེ་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. lha 'dre sde brgyad) — a classification of worldly spirits. There are many different classifications; one of them is:

On an inner level, they correspond to the eight consciousnesses.

Alternative Classifications

Alternative classifications include gods and demons such as:

  • gods (Skt. deva; Tib. ལྷ་, Wyl. lha)
  • yama (Skt.; Tib. གཤིན་་རྗེ་, Wyl. gshin rje)
  • gyalpo (Tib. རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wyl. rgyal po)
  • sadak (Tib. ས་བདག་, Wyl. sa bdag)
  • miamchi (Tib. མིའམ་ཅི་, Wyl. mi'm ci)
  • teurang (Tib. ཐེའུ་རང་, Wyl. the'u rang)

Further Reading

  • Revue d'Études Tibétaines, Number 2, April 2003 - Numéro spécial Lha srin sde brgyad