• རིག་པའི་གནས།
  • rig pa’i gnas
  • vidyāsthāna
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  • branches of knowledge
  • རིག་པའི་གནས།
  • rig pa’i gnas
  • vidyāsthāna
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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.