THE ILLUMINATOR

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ཀུ་མུད་
Transliteration: ku mud
<noun> "Kumud". This name is believed to be a corruption of the Sanskrit ཀུནྡ་ Kunda. It is said in Buddhist scriptures to be a white flower that grows in or near water and blossoms at night, and induces extreme hallucinations if eatent. This fits exactly with the Datura plant—which it is generally regarded to be. It is a member of the Lily family, grows close to streams, has a very large, …

ཀུ་མུད་དགའ་
Transliteration: ku mud dga'
<phrase> [Mngon] "Lover of the Kumud (flower)". The name of a bird. [GCD] gives as ཙ་ཀོ་ར་ཀ་.