<phrase>1) General plural of སྣ་ཁ་ q.v. meaning "several types, sorts, etc."; see སྣ་ཁ་ q.v. 2) Meaning "several things" or "several instances".
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<enum>1) Generally, "nine examples" or "nine similes". 2) Specifically, "the nine examples" in reference to the nine examples given in the རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་Mahayanottaratantra text of how tathāgatagarbha is contained in the continuum of sentient beings. [JKE] gives as (like): 1) པད་མའི་ནང་གི་སངས་རྒྱས་ "a buddha within a lotus"; 2) སྦྲང་རྩིའི་ནང་གི་སྦྲང་མ་ "a bee within a hive"; 3) སྤུན་པའི་ནང་གི… ཞེ་དགུ་
<noun> "Nine bad omens". Astrologically speaking, there is one day each year on which nine particularly bad astrological configurations occur together. The day of their coming together is called ངན་དགུ་འཛོམས་ or ངན་པ་དགུ་འཛོམས་. On that day one has to be particularly careful about one's actions.
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