84000 Glossary of Terms

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འབྲུམ་བུ་མེ་དབལ། | Glossary of Terms

  • འབྲུམ་བུ་མེ་དབལ།

  • ’brum bu me dbal
  • visarpa
  • Term
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  • erysipelas
  • འབྲུམ་བུ་མེ་དབལ།
  • ’brum bu me dbal
  • visarpa
Definition in this text:

A bacterial infection of the skin, also called Ignis Sacer and St. Anthony’s Fire. The Tibetan means “fireflames.” Its worst form as described in the sūtra is “necrotizing fasciitis,” when the skin and flesh beneath blacken and die; it can lead quickly to death.