84000 Glossary of Terms

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ས་ག | Glossary of Terms

  • ས་ག

  • སྐར་མ་ས་ག
  • sa ga
  • skar ma sa ga
  • viśākhā
  • viśakhā
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  • Viśākhā
  • སྐར་མ་ས་ག
  • skar ma sa ga
  • viśākhā
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The southwestern constellation symbolizing earth.

  • Viśākhā
  • ས་ག
  • sa ga
  • viśākhā
Definition in this text:

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

  • Viśākhā
  • ས་ག
  • sa ga
  • viśākhā
Definition in this text:

A lunar mansion in the south.

  • Viśakhā
  • ས་ག
  • sa ga
  • viśakhā
Definition in this text:

The sixteenth of the twenty-seven major constellations, or nakṣatras, in Vedic astrology. Here it corresponds to the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, when the moon is full in the constellation Saga (Tib.), or Viśakhā (Skt.).