ཐ་སྐར། | Glossary of Terms
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ཐ་སྐར།
- བྲ་ཉེ་བསྟེན།
- tha skar
- bra nye bsten
- aśvinī
- aśvin
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- Aśvinī
- བྲ་ཉེ་བསྟེན།
- bra nye bsten
- aśvinī
A constellation in the north, personified as a semidivine being. Here called upon for protection.
- Aśvinī
- ཐ་སྐར།
- tha skar
- aśvinī
The name of a lunar asterism. Its chief star is known as Beta Arietis in the occidental tradition.
- Aśvinī
- ཐ་སྐར།
- tha skar
- aśvinī
The name of a nakṣatra.
- Aśvinī
- ཐ་སྐར།
- tha skar
- aśvinī
A lunar mansion in the north.
- Aśvin
- ཐ་སྐར།
- tha skar
- aśvin
According to Monier-Williams, this is the name of two divinities who appear in the sky before the dawn in a golden carriage drawn by horses or birds. They bring treasures to people and avert misfortune and sickness. They are considered to be the physicians of heaven. Their two sons are Nakula and Sahadeva.