ཚུལ་ཤིང་། | Glossary of Terms
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ཚུལ་ཤིང་།
- tshul shing
- śalākā
- Term
- ordination stick
- ཚུལ་ཤིང་།
- tshul shing
- śalākā
A bamboo stick given to monks, listing their ordination name as a means of identification.
- tally stick
- ཚུལ་ཤིང་།
- tshul shing
- śalākā
A bamboo stick distributed to monks and used as a voting ballot or meal ticket. Also used by non-Buddhist orders as an identity certificate.