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Wylie rta so
Wylie Definition 'horse tooth.' Could perhaps be translated zigzag (crenelation, in the case of walls)? As an architectural term (see illus. in Pho-brang Po-ta-la [1988], illus. no. 15 following p. 29). Po-ta-la (1996) 17. See also Yisun. As decorative motif, TS7 II 1087. As a special kind of stitching pattern used for sewing together monastic robes (distinguished by its squared zig-zag pattern from the 'birdfoot stitch' which has a triangular zigzag; Kieschnick's article on Chinese robes).
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