gaura-khara (5914)

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gaura-khara
Entry 5914, Page 218, Col. 1
(gOraKara, gOra-Kara)
gaura-khara¦, m. (AMg. gora-khara, white ass, Ratnach., a kind of ass, Sheth; once in Late Skt., see Schmidt, Nachträge, gaura-khura [sic] is cited as meaning a kind of ass), a kind of ass, acc. to BR wild ass: Mvy 4797 = Tib. rgyaṅ, which Tib. Dictt. do not record as an animal name; Jap. a kind of wild horse found in Central Asia; Chin. reddish-brown horse, or (2) wild mule (ass?).