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དུང་དཀར་གཡས་འཁྱིལ།

One of bkra bshis pa'i rtags brgyad; the Eight Auspicious Symbols.

conch coiled to the right. [IW]

conch coiled to the right [one of the bkra shis rtags brgyad. [IW]

conch-shell with its coil reverting to the right instead of to the left, precious white conch whose spiral turns to the right (symbolizes the sound of dharma which can be heard in all directions), conch-shell with its whorls turning to the right, right-whorled conch-shell. [JV]