The Number 84: Properties and Meanings

Prime Factors of 84=2x2x3x7.

84 can be Partitioned 43 times with each term no larger than 2.

84 can be Partitioned 631 times with each term no larger than 3.

84 is a 29-gonal Number.

84 is a Tetrahedral Number.

84 is an Abundant Number.

84 is the maximal number of regions into which space can be divided by 7 Spheres.

"The number 84 is a "whole" or "perfect" number. Thus the eighty-four siddhas can be seen as archetypes representing the thousands of exemplars and adepts of the tantric way."

The Year 84 AD

In the year 84 AD: change of Jianchu era to Yuanhe era of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the year 84 AD an envoy from the Kushans asking for marriage to a Han Chinese princess was refused.

In the year 84 AD The Celtic tribes united under the leader Calgacus( The Swordsman), and were defeated by the Romans at the battle of Mons Graupius.