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Garden of Eden

e den gyi tshal/ 

Biblical: the Garden of Eden: yang gtso bo dkon mchog gis mi ni bzhes te e den gyi tshal du bcug pa yin/  the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15).

Buddhist: see Adam.

Cognates: 1) nags tshal/  forest (DLP 12); 2) tshal zhing /  garden for vegetables; 3) dga' tshal/  a garden of the gods, a paradise (SGC 105); 4) ri dwags kyi tshal/  the Deer Park in Sarnath, where the Buddha first preached (SGN 12); 5) sngo tshal/  vegetables (SLR 11); 6) skyid tshal/  a public park (SLR 12).