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ཨ་ར་པ་ཙ་ན།

a ra pa tsa na

arapacana

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Arapacana alphabet

The Stem Array

Arapacana alphabet

ཨ་ར་པ་ཙ་ན།

a ra pa tsa na

arapacana

Definition in this text:

The alphabet of the Kharoṣṭhī script, forming an important mnemonic incantation.

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