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ཚའ་མཐའ་མད notes.107

The Limits of Life notes.107

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notes.107

107. The Tib. reads literally, “a khal bcu tshad nyi shu pa that fits khal bcu tshad nyi shu Kosalan sesame seeds.” It is not known what exactly this expression means, but it is clearly referring to some kind of container with fixed measurements. The equivalent in the Skt. text seems to be the word vāha, which here seems to refer to some sort of measuring cup with the dimension of one khārī (see the following notes and ).