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འགྲོན་བུ། | Glossary of Terms
འགྲོན་བུ།
’gron bu
kapardaka
- Term
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- Cowrie shell
- འགྲོན་བུ།
- ’gron bu
- kapardaka
- Cowry
- འགྲོན་བུ།
- ’gron bu
- hiraṇya
The Tibetan term ’gron bu is generally restricted to “cowry shell,” but the term hiraṇya more typically refers to “gold coins” and can be applied to any form of currency, which includes cowry shells.
- Kaparda
- འགྲོན་བུ།
- ’gron bu
- kaparda
A shell used as a coin.