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    The document lists the 28 lunar mansions or nakshatras in Tibetan. It provides the Sanskrit names with the Western/English constellation names and numbers they correspond to in the Tibetan system. Some of the Western associations are uncertain. The nakshatras divide the sky into 28 equal segments along the ecliptic and were important for Vedic/Hindu and Buddhist astrology in determining auspicious and inauspicious days.

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    The document lists the 28 lunar mansions or nakshatras in Tibetan. It provides the Sanskrit names with the Western/English constellation names and numbers they correspond to in the Tibetan system. Some of the Western associations are uncertain. The nakshatras divide the sky into 28 equal segments along the ecliptic and were important for Vedic/Hindu and Buddhist astrology in determining auspicious and inauspicious days.

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    28 Constellations

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    The document lists the 28 lunar mansions or nakshatras in Tibetan. It provides the Sanskrit names with the Western/English constellation names and numbers they correspond to in the Tibetan system. Some of the Western associations are uncertain. The nakshatras divide the sky into 28 equal segments along the ecliptic and were important for Vedic/Hindu and Buddhist astrology in determining auspicious and inauspicious days.

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    Ahtvihati nakhatri

    The twenty-eight constellations


    Wylie
    Sanskrit In Western sources
    Constellations
    in WC
    Numbers in Tib
    Tha skar
    Ahvin Sheratan/ Arietis Aries 0
    bra nye
    Bhara 35 Arietus? ? 1
    _ smin drug
    Kittik Pleiades/ Tauri? Taurus 2
    * snar ma
    Rohi Aldebaran/ Tauri Taurus 3
    mgo
    Migasiras Meissa/ Orionis Orion 4
    lag pa
    rdr Ardra Orionis Orion 5
    nabs so
    Punarvasu Pollux/ Geminorum Gemini 6
    rgyal
    puhy Asellus Australis/ Cancri Cancer 7
    skag
    ahleha Alphard/ Hydrae Hydra 8
    mchu
    mgha Regulus/ Leonis Leo 9
    gre
    prvaphlgun Zosma/ Leonis Leo 10
    dbo
    uttaraphlgun Denebola / Leonis Leo 11
    me bzhi
    hasra Algorab/ Corvi Corvus 12
    nag pa
    citr Spica/ Virginis Virgo 13
    sa ri
    svsti Arcturus/ Botis Botes 14
    sa ga
    Vihkh Zubenelgenubi/ Alpha Librae Libra 15
    - lha mtshams
    Anurdh Dschubba/ Scorpii Scorpius 16
    * snron
    Jyehh Antares/ Scorpii Scorpius 17
    `

    snrubs
    Mla Shaula/ Scorpii Scorpius 18
    chu stod
    Prvrhdha Kaus Media / Sagittarii Sagittarius 19
    chu smad
    Uttarrhdha Nunki/ Sagittarii Sagittarius 20
    gro bzhin
    hrava Altair/ Aquilae ? Aquila ? 21
    byi bzhin
    Abhijit 22
    mon gre
    hatabhihaj Hydor/ Aquarii Aquarius 23
    mon gru
    Dhanihth Rotanev/ Delphini ? Delphinus? 24
    Q khrums stod
    Prvabhadrapad Markab / Pegasi Pegasus 25
    Q khrums smad
    Uttarabhadrapad/
    bhadrapad
    Algenib/ Pegasi Pegasus 26
    nam gru
    Revat Zeta Piscum Pisces 27

    By Gyurmed Sengge

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