84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཆུ་སྨད། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཆུ་སྨད།

  • chu smad
  • uttarāṣāḍhā
  • (not in the skt. source of the mmk)
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  • Person
Publications: 3
  • Uttarāṣāḍhā
  • ཆུ་སྨད།
  • chu smad
  • uttarāṣāḍhā
Definition in this text:

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

  • Uttārāṣāḍhā
  • ཆུ་སྨད།
  • chu smad
  • (not in the skt. source of the mmk)
Definition in this text:

The name of a nakṣatra. One of the two Āṣāḍhās.

  • Uttarāṣāḍhā
  • ཆུ་སྨད།
  • chu smad
  • uttarāṣāḍhā
Definition in this text:

A lunar mansion in the west.

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ཆུ་སྨད།

  • āṣādhas
  • Āṣādhas