དབང་པོའི་ཕུར་པ། | Glossary of Terms

དབང་པོའི་ཕུར་པ།

dbang po’i phur pa

indrakīla

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iron bolt

Teaching How All Phenomena Are without Origin

iron bolt

དབང་པོའི་ཕུར་པ།

dbang po’i phur pa

indrakīla

Definition in this text:

More literally rendered as “Indra’s stake,” the term indrakīla is used in Indic architectural treatises to refer to any pin, nail, or bolt used to firmly bind other architectural features together. The term can also be used to refer generically to a mountain, likely due to its similar firm and unwavering nature.

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