སྤྲ་བ། | Glossary of Terms

སྤྲ་བ།

spra ba

śaileya

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Artemisia

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1)

Artemisia

སྤྲ་བ།

spra ba

śaileya AD

艾納

Definition in this text:

According to Ludvik, the Chinese corresponds to Laevocamphor, Malay camphor, from Blumea balsamiflora. Maue and Sertkaya, however, note that 艾 ai of 艾納 aina referred to a specific species of Artemisia. Gö Chödrup understood aina in this sense. See Ludvik 2007, p. 312, especially n. 19.

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