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Usage Mongolian Mythology
Meaning & History
Begtse "Begtse the Great Coat of Mail" is the lord of war in Tibetan Buddhism, originally a pre-Buddhist war god of the Mongols, the name Begtse (Wylie: Beg tse) is a loanword from Mongolian begder, meaning "coat of mail". He is also given the name and epithet Jamsaran (Wylie: lCam sring), meaning "Great Coat of Mail", which is a translation of the Mongolian.