84000 Glossary of Terms

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རིག་པའི་གནས་ལྔ། | Glossary of Terms

  • རིག་པའི་གནས་ལྔ།

  • rig pa’i gnas lnga
  • pañcavidyāsthāna
  • Term
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  • five fields of knowledge
  • རིག་པའི་གནས་ལྔ།
  • rig pa’i gnas lnga
  • pañcavidyāsthāna
  • 五明
Definition in this text:

These are traditionally listed as the five main branches of knowledge: crafts, medicine, grammar, logic, and philosophy.