84000 Glossary of Terms
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པ་ན། | Glossary of Terms
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པ་ན།
- pa na
- paṇa
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Translation by Ruth Gamble · Tenzin Ringpapontsang
- paṇa
- པ་ན།
- pa na
- paṇa
According to Alexander Cunningham, one paṇa “was a handful of cowrie shells, usually reckoned as 80.” (See Cunningham 1996, p. 1.)