84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྲང་། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྲང་།

  • srang
  • pala
  • Term
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  • སྲང་།
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Definition in this text:

A specific Indian weight equal to four karṣa, and equivalent to around thirty-five grams or an ounce.

  • pala
  • སྲང་།
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Definition in this text:

A weight that in both Indian and Tibetan systems is in the range of 30 to 50 grams. The Tibetan is often translated as an ounce.

See also UT22084-051-004-832.

  • pala
  • སྲང་།
  • srang
  • pala
Definition in this text:

A unit of weight equal to four karṣa.

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  • སྲང་།
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Definition in this text:

As a unit of weight, it equals four karṣa; as a unit of capacity, it equals about seven cubic inches, but this may vary from source to source.

  • pala
  • སྲང་།
  • srang
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Definition in this text:

A unit of weight equal to four karṣa.

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  • སྲང་།
  • srang
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Definition in this text:

A unit of weight equal to about forty-eight grams.

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  • སྲང་།
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Definition in this text:

Unit of weight equal to approximately 75 grams.