ཚེས་གྲངས་

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ཚེས་གྲངས། (Wyl. tshes grangs ) Pron.: tsé drang

  • Skt. तिथिः, tithi, Pron.: tithi. From Sanskrit: 30th part of a whole lunation of rather more than 27 solar days | 15 Tithis, during the moon's increase, constitute the light half of the month and the other 15 the dark half | the auspicious Tithis are Nandā, Bhadrā, Vijayā, Pūrṇā | the number 15 [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW