བིལ་ཤིང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

བིལ་ཤིང་བ།

bil shing ba

bilvavṛkṣa

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bilva fruit tree

The Question of Mañjuśrī

bilva fruit tree

བིལ་ཤིང་བ།

bil shing ba

bilvavṛkṣa

Definition in this text:

Aegle mermelos, also known as Indian bael or wood apple. Thirty-first of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata. Some sources seem to list the fruit and tree as separate designs (see UT22084-060-001-66).

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