84000 Glossary of Terms

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གུམ་ཀུམ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཀུར་ཀུམ།

  • གུམ་ཀུམ།
  • གུར་ཀུམ།
  • གུར་གུམ།
  • gum kum
  • kur kum
  • gur gum
  • gur kum
  • kuṅkuma
  • Term
Publications: 3
  • saffron
  • གུམ་ཀུམ།
  • ཀུར་ཀུམ།
  • gum kum
  • kur kum
  • kuṅkuma
Definition in this text:

Crocus sativus, the plant and the pollen of the flowers.

  • saffron
  • གུར་ཀུམ།
  • gur kum
  • kuṅkuma
  • 欝金(茶矩麼)
Definition in this text:

Although YJ’s transliteration 茶矩麼 chajumo corresponds to kuṅkuma or saffron, his translation, 鬱金 yujin instead refers to turmeric or Curcuma longa.

  • saffron
  • གུར་གུམ།
  • gur gum
  • kuṅkuma