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गुलिकादि उपग्रह

Verse 25.28

धूमस्तु धूमपटलः पुच्छर्क्षमिति केचन । उल्कापातो व्यतीपातः परिवेषस्तु दृश्यते

Some say Dhuma is a mass of smoke, the tail of a comet, a falling meteor, Vyatipata, or a halo that is seen. This verse catalogs the various forms and names attributed to Dhuma, one of the five upagrahas or shadowy subsidiary points in…

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