84000 Glossary of Terms

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ལྷ་མཚམས། | Glossary of Terms

  • ལྷ་མཚམས།

  • ཨ་ནུ་རཱ་དྷཱ།
  • lha mtshams
  • a nu rA d+hA
  • anurādhā
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  • Anurādhā
  • ལྷ་མཚམས།
  • lha mtshams
  • anurādhā
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A constellation in the west, personified as a semidivine being. Here called upon for protection.

  • Anurādhā
  • ལྷ་མཚམས།
  • lha mtshams
  • anurādhā
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The name of a lunar asterism. Its chief star is known as Delta Scorpii in the occidental tradition.

  • Anurādhā
  • ལྷ་མཚམས།
  • lha mtshams
  • anurādhā
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The name of a nakṣatra.

  • Anurādhā
  • anurādhā
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A lunar mansion in the west.

  • Anurādhā
  • ཨ་ནུ་རཱ་དྷཱ།
  • a nu rA d+hA
  • anurādhā
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The seventeenth of the twenty-seven constellations, or nakṣatras, in Vedic astrology. In Tibetan it is known as Lhatsam (lha mtshams). This constellation is symbolized by the lotus.