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volume measure; 20 equals 1 [[khal]] [RY]
[[bre ba, bres pa, bre ba, bres]] trans. v./ [[]]; capital, chapter; ft. of [[bre ba]] [RY]


sheng, litre, quart, measure for dry things as well as fluids, about 2 pints, measure just under one kilogram, vessel, wooden vessel used as weight measure in ancient India [JV]
(tha dad pa bres pa, bre ba, bres,, 1) display, adorn; 2) put between/ up; 3) capital; 4) chapter [IW]


1) square grain vol measure = six phul, 1/20 khal; 2) oil measuring zo ba, like a liter; 3) ka ba'i bre; 4) the star chu stod (/ put up [decorations etc.] [IW]
grain measurer, one who measures with the bre [JV]
 
Drey. Tibetan volume measure equivalent of about one liter or two pints. One drey of gold would weigh about 13 kilos [RY]
 
a measure unit (2 pints); a measurement (for dry goods); liter, measure [RY]
 
[[ka ba'i bre]], pillar decoration [intertwined] [RY]


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Revision as of 12:34, 28 December 2005

bre ba, bres pa, bre ba, bres trans. v./ [[]]; capital, chapter; ft. of bre ba [RY]

(tha dad pa bres pa, bre ba, bres,, 1) display, adorn; 2) put between/ up; 3) capital; 4) chapter [IW]

grain measurer, one who measures with the bre [JV]