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ཀ་སྟུ་ར།
ག་བུར།
ཧ་ལ་ས།

ga bur
ka stu ra
ha la sa

karpūra

Term

Publications: 3

Appears in our translations as:

camphor

The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa

camphor

ག་བུར།
ཀ་སྟུ་ར།

ga bur
ka stu ra

karpūra

Definition in this text:

Cinnamomum camphora.

3 passages contain this term

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (2)

camphor

ག་བུར།

ga bur

karpūra AD

Definition in this text:

A substance derived from the wood of the Kapur tree (Dryobalanops aromatica) and also from the unrelated camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora).

2 passages contain this term

karpūra

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1)

karpūra

ཧ་ལ་ས།

ha la sa

karpūra

婆律膏(揭羅娑)

Definition in this text:

Possibly corresponds to the Borneo camphor tree. See Ludvik 2007, p. 315.

1 passage contains this term

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AS

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AO

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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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