84000 Glossary of Terms
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དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན། | Glossary of Terms
དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།
drang srong bdun
saptarṣi
- Term
Publications: 2
Translation by Dr. Thomas Doctor · Timothy Hinkle · Benjamin Collet-Cassart
- 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.
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
- Seven sages
- དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།
- drang srong bdun
- saptarṣi
The “seven sages” are the mythological sages associated with the constellation of the same name.