རིག་སྔགས་འཆང་

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རིག་སྔགས་འཆང། (Wyl. rig sngags 'chang ) Pron.: rik ngakchang

  • Skt. vidyādhara
  • c.f. རིག་འཛིན་, c.f. སྔགས་
  • Skt. विद्याधरः, vidyādhara, Pron.: vidyadhara. From Sanskrit: possessed of science or spells. | a kind of supernatural being (dwelling in the Himālaya, attending upon Śiva, and possessed of magical power), fairy | also | N. of various scholars | a kind of metre | a kind of measure | and | N. of a Surāñganā [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW

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