Demons

Tibetan - Naxi - English

1. bdud / ddvq / malevolent spirits (bringers of death/disease, see Pt 1134)

2. btsan / ceeq / ghost, malignant spirit or demon

3. dmu btsan / bbu ceeq / demon of dropsy

4. gri (btsan) / qi (ceeq) / demons of pain

5. grib (btsan ) / jiq (ceeq) / demons of boils, leprosy

6. gza' / ssaq / planetary demon

7. lam bgegs / leiq chel / demons of impurity (road obstacles)

8. gnyan / ni / spirits that reside in rocks or trees

9. phur ba — phur bu / piuq biuq / phur ba (ritual dagger)

10. sa bdag / saddaiq / lords of the earth

11. srin-po / seepu / ghosts and demons

12. yi dwags / yiddaiq / Preta:hungry ghost 

13. zlog pa / tvl bbai / expelling or exorcising rite (see Harvard Yenching Naxi manuscript collection M22)