Kumbhanda
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Template:Buddhist term A Script error: No such module "lang". (Sanskrit) or Script error: No such module "lang". (Pāli) is one of a group of dwarfish, misshapen spirits among the lesser deities of Buddhist mythology.[1][2]
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The Script error: No such module "lang". are classed among the Cāturmahārājika deities, and are subject to the Great King Virūḍhaka, Guardian of the South. One of their chiefs is called Kumbhīra.
According to the Dà zhìdù lùn, greedy officers are reborn as kumbhāṇḍhas.
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