84000 Glossary of Terms

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རིག་པའི་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

  • རིག་པའི་གནས།

  • rig pa’i gnas
  • vidyāsthāna
  • Term
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  • branches of knowledge
  • རིག་པའི་གནས།
  • rig pa’i gnas
  • vidyāsthāna
Definition in this text:

Traditionally, there are eighteen branches of knowledge; they include the great philosophical systems of India (Sāṅkhya, Yoga, etc.) as well as ordinary sciences and arts, such as arithmetic, medicine, astrology, music, archery, etc.

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རིག་པའི་གནས་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།

  • aṣṭadaśavidyāsthāna
  • aṣṭādaśa­vidyāsthāna
  • eighteen fields of knowledge
  • eighteen sciences