སོར། | Glossary of Terms

སོར།

sor

aṅgula
aṅguli

Term

Publications: 3

Appears in our translations as:

1

finger

The Maṇḍala Rites of Noble Mārīcī

finger

སོར།

sor

aṅgula AS

Definition in this text:

A unit of measurement that is roughly equal to one inch.

5 passages contain this term

1

finger width

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

finger width

སོར།

sor

aṅguli AS

Definition in this text:

A measure of length defined as being equal to seven grains of barley.

2 passages contain this term

1

fingerbreadth

The Sūtra on Timings for the Gaṇḍī

fingerbreadth

སོར།

sor

aṅgula AD

Definition in this text:

A unit of measurement based on the breadth of a finger.

5 passages contain this term

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AS

Attested in source text

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AO

Attested in other text

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AD

Attested in dictionary

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AA

Approximate attestation

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RP

Reconstruction from Tibetan phonetic rendering

This term is a reconstruction based on the Tibetan phonetic rendering of the term.

RS

Reconstruction from Tibetan semantic rendering

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SU

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