84000 Glossary of Terms
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ཀུན་ད། | Glossary of Terms
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ཀུན་ད།
- kun da
- kunda
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Translation by Ryan Conlon
- downy jasmine
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Jasminum multiflorum according to the Pandanus Database of Plants.
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
- star jasmine
- ཀུན་ད།
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Trachelospermum jasminoides. It has its name because of its starlike white blossoms. In India it is used in speech as an example of whiteness, i.e., “as white as star jasmine.” Also called downy jasmine, Chinese jasmine, Chinese ivy, and trader’s compass.