རིག་པའི་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

རིག་པའི་གནས།

rig pa’i gnas

vidyāsthāna

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branches of knowledge

The Ratnaketu Dhāraṇī

branches of knowledge

རིག་པའི་གནས།

rig pa’i gnas

vidyāsthāna

Definition in this text:

Traditionally, there are eighteen branches of knowledge; they include the great philosophical systems of India (Sāṅkhya, Yoga, etc.) as well as ordinary sciences and arts, such as arithmetic, medicine, astrology, music, archery, etc.

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RP

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