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ཤིང་བལ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཤིང་བལ།

  • shing bal
  • tūla
  • tūlikā
  • Term
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  • tree cotton
  • ཤིང་བལ།
  • shing bal
  • tūla
  • tūlikā
Definition in this text:

One of several kinds of cotton, probably from a tree of Gossypium species, among which are the diploid, Asian G. arboreum and G. herbaceum (cf. Monier Williams); Negi’s Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionary also mentions five kinds of tūla, at least some of which are trees.