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"Geomantic Aspects"

p. 120 spirit-lords of the soil, emanating from the rdul-gyi rlans-pa ('subtle vapor') of the reliquary turtle of Man~ju-ghos.a – according to the >Byun-ba Rin-chen Kun->dus (Gathering of All Pretious Elements)

from the turtle's __ the __ (official) named __
crown king The-se
heart blon-po ('minister')
right lung bla-mkhyen ('astrologer')
left lung queen-mother The-khyem
right arm queen Han-phan
left arm royal bodyguard Se-s`ar
right leg ran-rta ('king's steed')
left leg royal timekeeper Se-bya
tail chancellor Se-byi
combined vapors royal hound Hal-khyi
skin lTo->phye ('serpent-bellied')
forehead Zla-ba>i ('monthly') Sa-bdag
right hip Z`ag-gi ('daily') Sa-bdag
left hip Dus-kyi ('hourly') Sa-bdag
belly The-grum
small intestine >Brug-lha
heart Grol-bu lNa
limbs gN~an-chen
minor channels Sil-ma>i Sa-bdag

p. 120 enumeration of spirit-lords

120 who are ever-praesent, including:- of the 9 subterranean levels
21 "permanent, unchanging"
72 abiders
474 who are associated with years, months, days, hours, comprising:- 231 of the years
124 of the months
81 of the days
37 of the house

p. 122 royal family of The-se

days after that event before that event event
title name title name
0 king The-se summ. sol.
5 queen mother +The-khyem
0 queen +Han-phan
4 crown prince Te-so
12 royal minister Tsan-kun royal astrologer Se-ba bla-mkhyen
24 royal hound-walker Han-phan Ser-po Bya-ra-ba
8 chancellor of the exchequer Se-byi bodyguard / assassain Se-s`ar
4 royal steed Se-ba Ran-rta royal groom Se>u Rta-khrid
1 winged time-keeper Se-bya
2 royal upholsterer Sa-bdag Se-ba gDan-<din
16 royal policeman Se-lo Sa->chag Kuns-myul royal sweeper Se-lo Sa->phyag
royal hound Hal-khyi Nag-po year's end
3 royal princess +dKar-s`am her husband sBal-te summ. sol.
general Van-gin dMar-po various
16 general Tsan-kun his adjutant Tsan-kun >Phye>o summ. sol.
0 hound-headed assistant Tsan-kun Khyi-mgo advisor Bla-mkhyen Phe>u
0 scorpion-headed Zin->phun
0 venemous Pi-lin
0 the 11 ministers of king Se

p. 127 the 64 inauspicious moving spirit-rulers of the months

of the dMar-rtsis tradition >Brug-lha
The-se >Grum-bu
Zla-gruns
Bla-dnos
Zla-ba>I Se-rgyal bCu-gcig
Lha-bran >Khor-bu
gNam-gyi Bya-ma Gun rgyal
sBra-lha Phyir->gro
Sa-dmag
Sa-sman
Sa-yi lHa-mo bsTan-ma
rGan-rgon
Nan-lha
Byi-lam Phag-mgo
Byi-lam sNon-mo
rNa-zor dmar-po
>Phar-ba mgo-dgu
Srid-gs`ed
Sa-khyi Dud-kha-pho
Sa-khyi Nad-mo Tho-lum-mo
Pi-lin
Zin->phun
Zla-ba>i Tsan-kun
rNam-pa
Be-sna Lag-chen
rGyal-mo bZ`i
Thab-lha Se-s`ar
Van-khyi
rTsan-tsid
a further 16 according to the rN~in-chen gSal-ba>i sGron-me Grol-bu Lha lNa
Z`ag-lha
Dus-lha
Khyim-nan lHa
Than-lha
S`in-lha
Se-yi lHa
Ro-lam lHa
sPyi>i lHa
gTad-lha

[the names mentioned here are fewer than the #s specified]

p. 128 other groups of monthly spirit-rulers

Sil-ma>i Sa-bdag ( minor spirit-lords)
Tshes-gn~an Ro-dgu
Se-bdud
gS`in-gyi Pho-rog
mChe-ba-can
Dur-len
Thab-lha Se-s`ar
Grol-bu lHa-lna
gN~an-khra Drug
Ku-ku
sNan-sel Khrab-gyon
gNam-gyi Bya-khun Hen-phan
>Gram-gyi Sa-bdag >Phye-ba
gNam-thigSer-nag Drug (6 dark-yellow caelestial lineage spirits)
bSas-khan
gSer-dban
gNam-mdzod
S`el-khan
rNam-thos
Tshe-dban
Sribs-kyi Nag-drug (6 black spirits of shade)
>Brug-snon
gNam-gs`ed
Chu-tshags
sTag-dkar
Han-bu
Ke-tshigs
Yan-khol Sa-bdag lNa (5 spirit-lords of further insistence)
gNam-gyi gZa>-chen lHa-rgod
Bar-gyi Khyab->jug Ra-hu
Sa-yi >Phun-gyed Nag-po
Klu-gza> Nag-mo
gCer-bu Lag-rdum
Gab-pa>i Sa-bdag bCu-gn~is (12 hidden spirit-lords)"whose positions correspond to the twelve animal signs, from mouse onwards"
gN~an-khra
gN~an-ljan
Bya-khyun
Rus-sbal Ser-po
Ba-dan Ser-po
Tsan-kun
Byi-lam
Be-sna
gZig-mjug
Byi-dur
He-thon
Phyug-po

p. 135 the 15 particularly inauspicious spirit-rulers of the hours

gYu-mdzod sNon-mo Dus-kyi lHa
Dus-tshod Bla-mkhyen
Sa-bdag >Jab-rtsegs
mTsho-snon
[the sub-group (of 9?) known as:-] Dus-tshod Sa-rgyal bDun-gyi bZ`-gs`ed

Gyurme Dorje (commentator & translator from the Tibetan): Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings. John Eskenazi Ltd. & Sam Fogg Ltd., London, 2001. pp. 118-137

N.B.: In the Anguli-mala Sutra, an hailstone is thought to be a vaid.urya. [Mountain Doctrine 2a(3) = 169.2 = 84a.2]

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