84000 Glossary of Terms

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དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན། | Glossary of Terms

  • དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།

  • drang srong bdun
  • saptarṣi
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • seven sages
  • དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།
  • drang srong bdun
  • saptarṣi
Definition in this text:

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
Definition in this text:

The “seven sages” are the mythological sages associated with the constellation of the same name.

1 Related glossary entries:

དྲང་སྲོང་།

  • ṛṣi
  • rishi
  • sage
  • seer
  • ṛṣi