84000 Glossary of Terms
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པ་བསངས། | Glossary of Terms
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པ་བསངས།
- pa bsangs
- śukra
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Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
- Śukra
- པ་བསངས།
- pa bsangs
- śukra
Śukra is both the planet Venus and the guru of the asuras. In the Vaiśnavite literature, he loses an eye from his encounter with the dwarf incarnation of Viṣṇu. The Sanskrit also means “bright.”
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
- Śukra
- པ་བསངས།
- pa bsangs
- śukra
The planet Venus.
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
- Venus
- པ་བསངས།
- pa bsangs
- śukra
See “Śukra.”