ཚའ་མཐའ་མད notes.33
The Limits of Life notes.33
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33. Tib. byang gi sgra mi snyan, “Unpleasant/Harsh Sound.” The Tib. translation of the Skt. uttarakuru derives from a folk etymology (Skt. nirukti): Skt. ku (-kuṃsita?) = Tib. ngan pa (“bad”) and Skt. ru (= rava) = Tib. sgra (“voice/sound”); cf. Mvy, s.v. uttarakuruḥ. The Skt. word, though, seems to have originated from the designation of an actual geographical location.