84000 Glossary of Terms

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ལང་ཀ | Glossary of Terms

  • ལང་ཀ

  • སིང་ཧ་ལ།
  • lang ka
  • sing ha la
  • laṅkā
  • laṅka
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  • Place
Publications: 4
  • Laṅka
  • ལང་ཀ
  • lang ka
  • laṅka
Definition in this text:

The island presently called Sri Lanka, it was known as Ceylon while it was a British colony.

  • Laṅkā
  • ལང་ཀ
  • སིང་ཧ་ལ།
  • lang ka
  • sing ha la
  • laṅkā
Definition in this text:

Present-day Śrī Laṅkā; the capital city of this island.

  • Laṅkā
  • ལང་ཀ
  • lang ka
  • laṅkā
Definition in this text:

A geographical location in this sūtra.

  • Laṅkā
  • ལང་ཀ
  • lang ka
  • laṅkā
Definition in this text:

The island of Ceylon.

2 Related glossary entries:

སིང་ཧ་ལ།

  • siṃhala
  • Siṃhala

ལང་ཀ་པུ་རི།

  • laṅkāpūrī
  • Laṅkāpūrī