དཀར་གསུམ། | Glossary of Terms
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ཏྲི་རཏྣ།
- དཀར་གསུམ།
- ཟས་དཀར་གསུམ།
- རཏྣ་ཏྲ་ཡ།
- dkar gsum
- rat+na tra ya
- tri rat+na
- zas dkar gsum
- triśukla
- triśuklabhukta
- Term
- three white foods
- དཀར་གསུམ།
- dkar gsum
Three foods that are suitable for offering: milk, curd, and rice.
- three white foods
- ཟས་དཀར་གསུམ།
- zas dkar gsum
- triśuklabhukta
Milk, curd, and butter.
- three white foods
- ཟས་དཀར་གསུམ།
- zas dkar gsum
- triśuklabhukta
Milk, curd, and butter.
- three ‘white’ foods
- དཀར་གསུམ།
- རཏྣ་ཏྲ་ཡ།
- ཏྲི་རཏྣ།
- dkar gsum
- rat+na tra ya
- tri rat+na
- triśukla
Punning on the double meaning of śukla as “white” and “pure,” these are three food items considered acceptable for use in preparation for or during ritual practices. The three vary across different sources but tend to include milk, rice, and a milk product such as cream, curds, cheese, or butter.
- three white offerings
- དཀར་གསུམ།
- dkar gsum
The three white offerings are traditionally curd, milk, and butter.