84000 Glossary of Terms

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མཆུ། | Glossary of Terms

  • མཆུ།

  • mchu
  • maghā
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  • Maghā
  • མཆུ།
  • mchu
  • maghā
Definition in this text:

A constellation in the south, personified as a semidivine being. Here called upon for protection.

  • Maghā
  • མཆུ།
  • mchu
  • maghā
Definition in this text:

The name of a lunar asterism. Its chief star is known as Regulus in the occidental tradition.

  • Maghā
  • མཆུ།
  • mchu
  • maghā
Definition in this text:

The name of a nakṣatra.

  • Maghā
  • མཆུ།
  • mchu
  • maghā
Definition in this text:

A lunar mansion in the south.