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A History of Indian Literature v2.c27.135

A History of Indian Literature v2.c27.135

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v2.c27.135

P. 401 note 1, add: A goddess Lāmā often appears in Buddhist Tantras connected with the cult of Dākinīs and Yoginīs. Lāmā is the same as Tibetan Lhamo, “she-devil.” On this Lāmā and on Tibetan influence on the Tantras s. also G. Tucci in JASB N.S. XXVI, 1930, p. 155ff.