Arshi Tengri

Arshi Tengri, the "Hermit God", is a god who is associated with the [Fire worship|fire ritual] as practiced in Mongolian Buddhism. The epithet is found in a prayer by the 18th-century lama Mergen Gegen Lubsangdambijalsan, where it is added to the name of the "Khan of the fire". "Arshi" derives from Sanskrit rsi; "tngri" refers to the 99 tngri or Mongolian deities.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Atwood, Christopher P. (1996). "Buddhism and Popular Ritual in Mongolian Religion: A Reexamination of the Fire cult". History of Religions: 112–39. JSTOR 3176686.


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