84000 Glossary of Terms

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སིང་ཧ་ལ། | Glossary of Terms

  • སིང་ག་ལ།

  • སིང་གྷ་ལ།
  • སིང་ཧ་ལ།
  • sing ha la
  • sing gha la
  • sing ga la
  • siṃhala
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  • Siṃhala
  • སིང་གྷ་ལ།
  • sing gha la
  • siṃhala
Definition in this text:

Sri Laṅka, formerly Ceylon. The Rāmāyaṇa epic specified that Laṅka is inhabited by rākṣasas. Siṃhala was the name by which Laṅka was referred to in the Mahābhārata. The indigenous Buddhist population and their language is still called Singhalese.

  • Siṃhala
  • སིང་ཧ་ལ།
  • sing ha la
  • siṃhala
Definition in this text:

The island of Lanka.

  • Siṃhala
  • སིང་ག་ལ།
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  • siṃhala
Definition in this text:

Another name of Laṅkā.

  • Siṃhala
  • སིང་ཧ་ལ།
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  • siṃhala
Definition in this text:

A geographical location in this sūtra.