definition of the body (the first of the three roots of the ""illustrated trees of medicine"")
Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
:
gnas lugs rtsa ba
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} definition of the body (the first of the three roots of the ""Illustrated Trees of Medicine"")
[division-bod] dbye ba 1 rnam par ma gyur pa/ 2 rnam par gyur pa/
[division-eng] Div.: 1) [the trunk of the healthy body abiding in a normal] balanced state, 2) [the trunk of the unhealthy body, or diseased body, abiding in an] unbalanced state
[comments] Comment: The word (gnas lugs) has the sense of ""status"" or ""actual situation"". This root is also called the (gnas lugs nad gzhi), the ""actual situation [of the body] which is the basis of disease"".
Source
:
Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary