Begtse
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Begtse (Tibetan: བེག་ཚེ་, Wylie: beg tse chen lcam sring; "Begtse the Great Coat of Mail") is a dharmapala and the lord of war in Tibetan Buddhism, originally a pre-Buddhist war god of the Mongols.[1]
Name
The name Begtse is a loanword from Mongolian begder, meaning "coat of mail". He is also given the name and epithet Jamsaran (Tibetan: ལག་མིང་གསུམ་པ་, lCam sring), meaning "Great Coat of Mail", which is a translation of the Mongolian.[2]
Description
Begtse is depicted with red skin and orange-red hair, possessing two arms (as opposed to other Mahākālas, who have four or six), three blood-shot eyes, and wielding a sword in his right hand. In his left hand, he holds a human heart. His right arm also holds a bow and arrow and a halberd with a banner. He wears a chainmail shirt, which gave rise to his name, Jamsaran, and a Mongolian helmet adorned with a crown of five skulls and four banners at the back. He is accompanied by his consort, Rikpay Lhamo, and his main general, Laihansorgodog. Surrounding them are Jamsaran's satellites, the twenty-nine butchers.[3]
Culture
Jamsaran is represented in Mongolian, and to a lesser extent Tibetan, Cham dance.[4]
See also
- Beg tse, a ceratopsian dinosaur named after the deity[5]
- King Gesar, regarded as an incarnation of Jamsaran[6]
- Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, called an incarnation of Jamsaran by his followers[7]
Citations
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- ^ Chiodo, Elisabetta. "The Mongolian Manuscripts on Birch Bark from Xarbuxyn Balgas in the Collection of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences." Asiatische Forschungen, 2000, p.149.
- ^ Chiodo, 2000, p.149
- ^ Pegg, Carole. Mongolian Music, Dance, & Oral Narrative, 2001, p.158
- ^ Pegg, 2001, pp.158–159
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yu, Congyu; Prieto-Marquez, Albert; Chinzorig, Tsogtbaatar; Badamkhatan, Zorigt; Norell, Mark (2020-09-10). "A neoceratopsian dinosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia and the early evolution of ceratopsia". Communications Biology. 3 (1): 499. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01222-7. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 7484756.
- ^ Chiodo, 2000, p.149, footnote 11
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kuzmin, Sergius L. "Кузьмин С.Л., Митруев Б.Л. 2023. Барон Р.Ф. фон Унгерн-Штернберг как бог войны: исторические и религиозные основания (Kuzmin S.L., Mitruev B.L. 2023. Baron R. F. von Ungern-Sternberg as the God of War: historical and religious grounds)". Oriental Courier. doi:10.18254/S268684310028202-0.
General and cited references
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chiodo, Elisabetta (2000). "The Mongolian Manuscripts on Birch Bark from Xarbuxyn Balgas in the Collection of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences". Asiatische Forschungen. 137. ISBN 9783447042468. ISSN 0571-320X.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pegg, Carole (2001). Mongolian Music, Dance, & Oral Narrative. ISBN 9780295981123.
