rtsad nas gcod pa
to root out, eradicate [JV]
eradicate dug gsum rtsad nas gcod pa eradicate the three poisons [RY]
dug gsum rtsad nas gcod pa'i gri gu dkur brten pa resting on her hip, holding the curved knife that cuts the root of the three poisons [RY]
1) to cut off at the root, eradicate, annihilate, completely destroy, cut. 2) to track down. 3) to become clear about something [RY]
rtsad nas bcad pa to probe/ inquire/ investigate thoroughly [RB]
1) cut off at the root, eradicate, annihilate, completely destroy, cut; 2) track down; 3) become clear about something [IW]
1) cut off at the root, sever at the root, destroy at the root, uproot, root out, weed out; 2) eradicate, annihilate, completely destroy, eliminate, remove, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, wipe out, decimate, finish off, abolish, stamp out, quash, erase, excise, expunge; 3) to investigate thoroughly ("cutting off doubts from the root"). See also rtsad nas gcod [Erick Tsiknopoulos]