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དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན། | Glossary of Terms
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དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།
- drang srong bdun
- saptarṣi
- Term
- seven sages
- དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།
- drang srong bdun
- saptarṣi
Refers to the seven stars of the Big Dipper, the names of which are derived from the names of the seven sages (saptarṣi) of the Vedic tradition.
- seven sages
- དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།
- drang srong bdun
- saptarṣi
The “seven sages” are the mythological sages associated with the constellation of the same name.