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རྩིང་པོ་
Transliteration: rtsing po
<adj> This term carries several connotations but the basic meaning is something that is not fine or finely done throughout. It has the connotations coarse, rough, harsh, crude, and in some context clumsy. E.g., རྩམ་པ་རྩིང་པོ་ "gritty tsampa" where the meaning is that the tsampa has not been reduced to an even, fine powder throughout but so has coarse pieces in it. E.g., གཤིས་རྒྱུད་རྩིང་པོ་ "rough character" meaning a person whose mindstream has not been trained and tamed.