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མཆུ།

mchu

maghā

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Maghā

The Play in Full

Maghā

མཆུ།

mchu

maghā

Definition in this text:

A constellation in the south, personified as a semidivine being. Here called upon for protection.

1 passage contains this term

The Ratnaketu Dhāraṇī

Maghā

མཆུ།

mchu

maghā

Definition in this text:

The name of a lunar asterism. Its chief star is known as Regulus in the occidental tradition.

1 passage contains this term

The Root Manual of the Rites of Mañjuśrī

Maghā

མཆུ།

mchu

maghā

Definition in this text:

The name of a nakṣatra.

6 passages contain this term

The Queen of Incantations: The Great Peahen

Maghā

མཆུ།

mchu

maghā

Definition in this text:

A lunar mansion in the south.

1 passage contains this term

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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SU

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