མྱོས་པའི་རྩ་བ། | Glossary of Terms

མྱོས་པའི་རྩ་བ།

myos pa’i rtsa ba

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Appears in our translations as:

root of madness

The Teaching to the Venerable Nanda on Entry into the Womb

root of madness

མྱོས་པའི་རྩ་བ།

myos pa’i rtsa ba

Definition in this text:

A type of worm (srin bu) that lives in and feeds on the body.

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