Machen Pomra

THE MOUNTAIN IS A PLACE AND IS NOT INGESTED; the deity of it is. The consorts the source says the mountain gods have are not named in the retrieved treatment and so are not manufactured here.

Domains

• sacred mountains
• territory and locality
• wealth

Relations

• of the tibetan mountain gods with: Nyenchen Tanglha

Sources

• Reference treatment of the Tibetan mountain gods: Nyenchen Tanglha names both a 700-km mountain range of northern Tibet and the protector deity associated with it, who was bound under oath by Padmasambhava when Buddhism was first established in Tibet, the name gNyan-chen-thang-lha being read as 'the god of the grassland'; Yarlha Shampo, Machen Pomra and Nyenchen Tanglha are among the important Tibetan mountain deities and have consorts in the tradition; Yarlha Shampo is the ancestor god of the Yarlung kings, and tradition holds that the divine ancestor descended from the sky to its summit; Machen Pomra can appear in his aspect as a wealth deity, riding a white lion; among the chief focal points of Buddhist and Bon pilgrimage are Mount Kailash, Amnye Machen, Nyenpo Yurtse, Kawa Karpo, Zhara Lhatse, Dakpa Shelri, Bonri and Yarlha Shampo in Yarlung.