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Wylie dme
Wylie Definition (sometimes spelled rme) 'impurity' to be ritually cleansed away, usually this is a 'blight' caused by murder, especially the murder of a member of the same clan or family. See Karmay in JA (1995) 164. This 'blight' is ritual purified through fumigation, while mnol is ritually purified through lustrations. See under nang dme. 'a type of impure condition brought about by murders, violent quarrels, etc., among members of the same family or the same religious confraternity.' Norbu, Drung 259, n. 6. TS6 131. Btsan-lha.
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