• ཏ་མ་ལའི་འདབ་མ།
  • ta ma la’i ’dab ma
  • tamālapatra
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  • bay leaves
  • ཏ་མ་ལའི་འདབ་མ།
  • ta ma la’i ’dab ma
  • tamālapatra
Definition in this text:

Cinnamomum tamala, which is specifically the Indian bay leaf. Called tamalpatra in Marathi, and tejpatta in Hindi. The Sanskrit and Marathi means “dark-tree leaves.” Also called Malabar leaves, after the name of the northern area of present-day Kerala in southwest India.