THE ILLUMINATOR

Tibetan-English
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གཟའ་འཁོར་
Transliteration: gza' 'khor
<noun> [Modern] "A week". In older Tibetan, one would say ཞག་པ་བདུན་ "seven days".

བདུན་
Transliteration: bdun
<noun> The number "seven". Written as the numeral " ".

གཟའ་
Transliteration: gza'
<noun> Translation of the Sanskrit "rāhu". 1) Heavenly bodies, i.e., planets (and their moons). The Tibetan understanding of this word and the derived གཟའ་སྒྲ་གཅན་ q.v. can be very complex. The heavenly bodies were personified as real forces that affected life. For example, some listings of the སྡེ་བརྒྱད་ eight classes of gods and spirits includes heavenly bodies as a god/spirit because of …