ཐང་ཆུ། | Glossary of Terms
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ཐང་ཆུ།
- thang chu
- śrīveṣṭaka
- Term
- chir pine rosin
- ཐང་ཆུ།
- thang chu
- śrīveṣṭaka
- 松脂(室利薜瑟得迦)
This is a product of the chir pine, also known as the long leaf pine: Pinus roxbhurghii or Pinus longifolia. It is used in Āyurvedic medicine. Also known in Sanskrit as śrīveṣṭa, which appears to be the version in the manuscript from which the Tibetan was transliterated.