ལ་ཉེ་བརྟག་པ། | Glossary of Terms

ལ་ཉེ་བརྟག་པ།

la nye brtag pa

śakunividyā

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science of auspices

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

science of auspices

ལ་ཉེ་བརྟག་པ།

la nye brtag pa

śakunividyā AS

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Literally “the science of birds,” it entails prognostication on the basis of the flight of birds.

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