84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྣའི་གཟེངས་མཐོ་བ། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྣའི་གཟེངས་མཐོ་བ།

  • sna’i gzengs mtho ba
  • tuṅganāsa
  • Term
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  • prominent nose
  • སྣའི་གཟེངས་མཐོ་བ།
  • sna’i gzengs mtho ba
  • tuṅganāsa
Definition in this text:

A prominent nose, i.e. with a high nasal root, was considered an attractive feature in ancient India. This may refer to an aquiline nose.