ཤིང་བལ། | Glossary of Terms

ཤིང་བལ།

shing bal

tūla
tūlikā

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tree cotton

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tree cotton

ཤིང་བལ།

shing bal

tūla
tūlikā

Definition in this text:

One of several kinds of cotton, probably from a tree of Gossypium species, among which are the diploid, Asian G. arboreum and G. herbaceum (cf. Monier Williams); Negi’s Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionary also mentions five kinds of tūla, at least some of which are trees.

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