ཀ་ཤི། | Glossary of Terms

ཀ་ཤི།
ཀ་ས།

ka shi
ka sa

kāśa
kāsa

Term

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Saccharum spontaneum. A species of tall grass, native to the Indian subcontinent, topped by beautiful long feather-like white panicles. It is used in religious ceremonies, Ayurvedic medicine, and also for making mats, roofs, and so on.

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kāsa

The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma

kāsa

ཀ་ས།

ka sa

kāsa

Definition in this text:

The grass Saccharum spontaneum, native to Indian subcontinent.

1 passage contains this term

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kāśa grass

Victory of the Ultimate Dharma

kāśa grass

ཀ་ཤི།

ka shi

kāśa

1 passage contains this term

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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SU

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