Literally, the six families of wandering beings. The six types of samsaric rebirth: (1) hell-beings (trapped beings in the joyless realms), (2) clutching ghosts (hungry ghosts), (3) animals (creeping creatures), (4) humans, (5) would-be divine beings (anti-gods), and (6) divine beings (gods).
Tibetan: འགྲོ་བ་རིགས་དྲུག 'gro-ba rigs-drug
Synonyms: Six rebirth states
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