ཟངས་གླིང་པ། | Glossary of Terms

ཟངས་གླིང་པ།

zangs gling pa

tāmraparṇika

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people of Tāmraparṇa

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

people of Tāmraparṇa

ཟངས་གླིང་པ།

zangs gling pa

tāmraparṇika AS

Definition in this text:

The people of the island of Sri Lanka, in ancient times known as Tāmraparṇa (“Copper Leafed”), which possibly derives from Tāmravarṇa (“Copper Colored”), referring to its tracts of reddish soil.

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