84000 Glossary of Terms

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མོན་གྲུ། | Glossary of Terms

  • མོན་གྲུ།

  • མོན་གྲེ།
  • mon gru
  • mon gre
  • dhaniṣṭhā
  • dhaṇiṣṭhā
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  • Dhaniṣṭhā
  • མོན་གྲུ།
  • mon gru
  • dhaniṣṭhā
Definition in this text:

A constellation in the north, personified as a semidivine being. Here called upon for protection.

  • Dhaniṣṭhā
  • མོན་གྲུ།
  • mon gru
  • dhaniṣṭhā
Definition in this text:

The name of a lunar asterism. Its chief star is known as Beta Delphini in the occidental tradition.

  • Dhaniṣṭhā
  • མོན་གྲུ།
  • mon gru
  • dhaniṣṭhā
Definition in this text:

The name of a nakṣatra.

  • Dhaṇiṣṭhā
  • མོན་གྲེ།
  • mon gre
  • dhaṇiṣṭhā
Definition in this text:

A lunar mansion in the north.