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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 .
kuruvinda m. a kind of barley, Suśr. Comm. on Śiś. ix, 8
(masc, masc) black salt
(masc, masc) name of a fragrant grass (Cyperus rotundus)
(masc, masc) ruby