84000 Glossary of Terms

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མཛོད་སྤུ། | Glossary of Terms

  • མཛོད་སྤུ།

  • སྨིན་མཚམས་ཀྱི་མཛོད་སྤུ།
  • mdzod spu
  • smin mtshams kyi mdzod spu
  • ūrṇā
  • ūrṇa
  • ūrṇākośa
  • ūrṇakośa
  • ūrṇakeśa
  • ūrṇākeśa
  • Term
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One of the thirty-two marks of a great being. It consists of a soft, long, fine, coiled white hair between the eyebrows capable of emitting an intense bright light. Literally, the Sanskrit ūrṇā means “wool hair,” and kośa means “treasure.”