84000 Glossary of Terms

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དབྱུག་གུ | Glossary of Terms

  • དབྱུག་གུ

  • dbyug gu
  • daṇḍa
  • Term
Publications: 3
  • daṇḍa
  • དབྱུག་གུ
  • dbyug gu
  • daṇḍa
Definition in this text:

A period of 24 minutes. See also UT22084-077-002-162.

  • daṇḍa
  • དབྱུག་གུ
  • dbyug gu
  • daṇḍa
Definition in this text:

A measure used for astrological movements. This generally refers to a time span of approximately twenty-two and a half minutes or three hundred sixty breaths. This tantra correlates that with the sixty-four channels of the yogic subtle body.

  • daṇḍa
  • དབྱུག་གུ
  • dbyug gu
  • daṇḍa
Definition in this text:

A staff; punishment; the duration of a single breath (from the moment of inhalation until the moment of the next inhalation).