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ཐང་ཆུ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཐང་ཆུ།

  • thang chu
  • śrīveṣṭaka
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • chir pine rosin
  • ཐང་ཆུ།
  • thang chu
  • śrīveṣṭaka
  • 松脂(室利薜瑟得迦)
Definition in this text:

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.