Th > References for ‘three-and-a-half’
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[13] [One should meditate on the kuńd́alinii [...] and divine form – coiled three-and-a-half times – with the effulgence [...] Svayambhúliuṋga.]
[17] Those who are not dhiiras allow [...] [scriptures], the death noose has three-and-a-half rounds: the first round [...] – moha (desire) for birth
[45] What will be the fate of a person [...] mrtyupásha [death noose] consists of three-and-a-half coils.
[50] So we have the affliction of birth, [...] attachment is the last half coil. These three-and-a-half coils constitute the mrtyupásha. Pásha means “that which binds”.