butter lamp 1

noundomain: artefact
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A chalice-shaped, ceremonial oil lamp traditionally fueled with yak butter and burned in Tibetan Buddhist temples.

  • 1.Each morning Tibetans offer a lighted butter lamp, representing the illumination of wisdom, along with seven bowls containing pure water (or symbolic offerings of washing water, drinking water, flowers, scent, perfumed water, food, and sound) before the images on their household shrine.
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