84000 Glossary of Terms

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ནག་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ག་པ།

  • ནག་པ།
  • nag pa
  • ga pa
  • citrā
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  • Citrā
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A constellation in the south, personified as a semidivine being. Here also called upon for protection.

  • Citrā
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  • citrā
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The name of a lunar asterism. Its chief star is known as Spica (alpha Virginis) in the occidental tradition.

  • Citrā
  • ནག་པ།
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  • citrā
Definition in this text:

The twelfth (sometimes the fourteenth) lunar asterism.

  • Citrā
  • ནག་པ།
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The name of a nakṣatra.

  • Citrā
  • ནག་པ།
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Definition in this text:

A lunar mansion in the south.