84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཉི་མ་དང་ཟླ་བ་དང་མེ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཉི་མ་དང་ཟླ་བ་དང་མེ།

  • nyi ma dang zla ba dang me
  • ravi­candra­vahni
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  • gold, silver, and copper
  • ཉི་མ་དང་ཟླ་བ་དང་མེ།
  • nyi ma dang zla ba dang me
  • ravi­candra­vahni AS
Definition in this text:

This phrase literally means “sun, moon, and fire,” but these three terms are correlated to the precious metals gold, silver, and copper, respectively.