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cemetery

A place for disposing of the dead. These include sky-burial sites and their environs, which are often the locations of stupas containing cremated remains; cremation sites; and burial sites for intact corpses. These are often situated next to a monastery.

  • དུར་ཁྲོད། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > cemetery (English, Latin script, Translation)
    • > sky-burial site (English, Latin script, Translation)
    • > charnal ground (English, Latin script, Translation)
    • > dur khrod (Tibetan, Latin script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
    • > durtrö (Tibetan, Latin script, THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
Subject ID: S3131