སྐད་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་

སྐད་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས། (Wyl. skad kyi dbyings ) Pron.: ké kyi ying

• Skt. धातुः, dhātu, Pron.: dhatu. From Sanskrit: layer, stratum | constituent part, ingredient | and in | only | where often = 'fold' | threefold | element, primitive matter | (usually reckoned as 5, viz. | or | to which is added | or | a constituent element or essential ingredient of the body (distinct from the 5 mentioned above and conceived either as 3 humours [called also | phlegm, wind and bile | or as the 5 organs of sense | and | and | are mentioned as the 5 dhātu of the human body born from the either | and the 5 properties of the elements perceived by them | and | or the 7 fluids or secretions, chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, semen | or | of which sometimes 10 are given, the above 7 and hair, skin, sinews | primary element of the earth | metal, mineral, are (•esp. a mineral of a red colour) | element of words | grammatical or verbal root or stem | with the southern Buddhists | means either the 6 elements [see above] | or the 18 elementary spheres | or the ashes of the body, relics [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW