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མྱ་ངན་འཚང་། | Glossary of Terms
མྱ་ངན་འཚང་།
mya ngan ’tshang
aśoka
- Term
- Aśoka
- མྱ་ངན་འཚང་།
- mya ngan ’tshang
- aśoka
A species of flowering tree.
- Aśoka
- མྱ་ངན་འཚང་།
- mya ngan ’tshang
- aśoka
Saraca asoca. The aromatic blossoms of this plant are clustered together as orange, yellow, and red bunches of petals.
- Aśoka
- མྱ་ངན་མེད།
- mya ngan med
- aśoka
Saraca asoca. The aromatic blossoms of this plant are clustered together as orange, yellow, and red bunches of petals.
- Aśoka tree
- ཤིང་མྱ་ངན་ཚང་།
- shing mya ngan tshang
- aśoka
A showy tree (Saraca indica) of the family Leguminosae of tropical Asia that is cultivated for its orange scarlet flowers and is used to decorate temples.
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- Aśoka tree
- མྱ་ངན་མེད་ཤིང་།
- mya ngan med shing
- aśoka
Saraca indica.
- Ashoka tree
- ཤིང་ཨ་ཤོ་ཀ
- shing a sho ka
- aśoka
Saraca asoca. The aromatic blossoms are clustered together as orange, yellow, and red bunches of petals.