དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན། | Glossary of Terms

དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།

drang srong bdun

saptarṣi

Term

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seven sages

The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma

seven sages

དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།

drang srong bdun

saptarṣi

Definition in this text:

Refers to the seven stars of the Big Dipper, the names of which are derived from the names of the seven sages (saptarṣi) of the Vedic tradition.

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The Root Manual of the Rites of Mañjuśrī

seven sages

དྲང་སྲོང་བདུན།

drang srong bdun

saptarṣi

Definition in this text:

The “seven sages” are the mythological sages associated with the constellation of the same name.

1 passage contains this term

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