śalākī-bhūta (14874)

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śalākī-bhūta Entry 14874, Page 524, Col. 2: (SalAkIBUta, SalAkI-BUta)
śalākī-bhūta¦, constituting a surgical probe (Skt. śalākā, Pali salākā): °taṃ avidyākośapaṭalapariśodhana- tayā Gv 495.12,…because it purifies (by probing and opening) the covering of the sheath of ignorance.

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