མ་ཥ། | Glossary of Terms

མ་ཤ་ཀ
མ་ཥ།

ma Sha
ma sha ka

māṣa
māṣaka

Term

Publications: 3

Appears in our translations as:

1

māṣa

The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa

māṣa

མ་ཥ།

ma Sha

māṣa

Definition in this text:

A unit of weight equal to 17 grains troy.

6 passages contain this term

1

māṣaka

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

māṣaka

མ་ཤ་ཀ

ma sha ka

māṣaka AS

Definition in this text:

A measure of weight for gold defined as being equal to twelve grains of barley.

4 passages contain this term

1

measure

The Chapter on Going Forth

measure

མ་ཤ་ཀ

ma sha ka

māṣaka

Definition in this text:

See UT22084-001-001-1095.

1 passage contains this term

Types of attestation for names and terms of the corresponding source language

AS

Attested in source text

This term is attested in a manuscript used as a source for this translation.

AO

Attested in other text

This term is attested in other manuscripts with a parallel or similar context.

AD

Attested in dictionary

This term is attested in dictionaries matching Tibetan to the corresponding language.

AA

Approximate attestation

The attestation of this name is approximate. It is based on other names where the relationship between the Tibetan and source language is attested in dictionaries or other manuscripts.

RP

Reconstruction from Tibetan phonetic rendering

This term is a reconstruction based on the Tibetan phonetic rendering of the term.

RS

Reconstruction from Tibetan semantic rendering

This term is a reconstruction based on the semantics of the Tibetan translation.

SU

Source unspecified

This term has been supplied from an unspecified source, which most often is a widely trusted dictionary.