84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཕུལ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཕུལ།

  • བྲེ།
  • བྲེའུ་ཆུང་།
  • phul
  • bre’u chung
  • bre
  • prastha
  • Term
Publications: 4
  • prastha
  • བྲེའུ་ཆུང་།
  • bre’u chung
  • prastha
Definition in this text:

A measure of volume.

  • prastha
  • ཕུལ།
  • phul
  • prastha
Definition in this text:

The smallest measure of grain in ancient India, equivalent to about five or six ounces.

  • prastha
  • བྲེ།
  • bre
  • prastha
Definition in this text:

A unit of weight equal to thirty-two pala.

  • prastha
  • prastha
Definition in this text:

Two prasthas equal half an āḍhaka, which is about three and a half or four pounds.

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སྒྲོམ།

  • droṇa
  • bushel
  • droṇa