Arshi Tengri

Arshi Tengri, the "Hermit God", is a god who is associated with the 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. The Yassa, Zhasag permits the veneration of a God in any suitable manner. Khan still may refer to association of the Divinity with various phenomenon as in some forms of veneration of Mary, mother of Jesus Christ and Genghis Khan appears to have disapproved of the worship of images of gold and silver of Buddha by "The Just", it may be titles of the Lord like the Lord of Hosts, the Lord of Many Fires, The Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Lord of Justice, the Lord of Righteous Victory, the Ninety-Nine Names of the Lord, or they may refer to shamanism worshipped spirits [1]

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


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