84000 Glossary of Terms

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གནས་འཇོག | Glossary of Terms

  • གནས་འཇོག

  • gnas ’jog
  • vaśiṣṭha
  • vasiṣṭha
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  • Vaśiṣṭha
  • གནས་འཇོག
  • gnas ’jog
  • vaśiṣṭha
  • vasiṣṭha
Definition in this text:

One of the seven great rishis of ancient India, said to have composed part of the Rigveda.

  • Vasiṣṭha
  • གནས་འཇོག
  • gnas ’jog
  • vasiṣṭha
Definition in this text:

The name of one of the great sages of ancient India; one of the composers of the Vedic hymns. In Pali sources, a figure named Vāseṭṭha (Skt. Vasiṣṭha) also appears as a young brahmin.

  • Vasiṣṭha
  • གནས་འཇོག
  • gnas ’jog
  • vasiṣṭha
Definition in this text:

One of the sages (ṛṣi).

  • Vasiṣṭha
  • གནས་འཇོག
  • gnas ’jog
  • vasiṣṭha
Definition in this text:

A great ṛṣi.

  • Vasiṣṭha
  • གནས་འཇོག
  • gnas ’jog
  • vasiṣṭha
Definition in this text:

One of the ancient sages, one of the composers of the Vedic hymns.