kuruvinda (5012)
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Entry 5012, Page 187, Col. 2 -
(kuruvinda, kuruvinda)
kuruvinda¦, m. (Pali °vindaka, a powder for the bath, made from a ‘stone’, -pāsāṇa-, acc. to Vin. Comm. 1200.1), a sort of bath-powder, acc. to Tib. made of ground lead (zha ñe brdar): Mvy 9291. In Mvy 5981 the same word (m.) certainly means ruby as in Skt.; it follows words for gold and silver. Tib. transliterates, or alternatively renders by zha ñe, lead (base metals are named in the sequel); Chin. tin.
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