84000 Glossary of Terms
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སྲིན་བུ། | Glossary of Terms
སྲིན་བུ།
srin bu
kṛmi
- Term
Publications: 3
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- Animalcule
- སྲིན་བུ།
- srin bu
- krimi
Translation by Chloé Cramer · Ben Ewing · Lowell Cook · Oriane Lavole
- Parasite
- སྲིན་བུ།
- srin bu
- krimi
- kṛmi
According to classical Indian medical literature, the human body is filled with various parasitic beings (literally “worms”) that live off the body.
See also UT22084-066-003-42.
Translation by Dr. Thomas Doctor · Timothy Hinkle · Benjamin Collet-Cassart
- Worm
- སྲིན་བུ།
- srin bu
- kṛmi
When refering to the human body, these are creatures that inhabit it and may either harm or contribute to its health. Note that this term can also mean insects and worms in general.