Meanings
- not comparablerareDivided into twelve parts.
Calyx duodecimfid. Petals 6, inserted into the calyx.
1812, Jonathan Stokes, A botanical materia medica: Volume 3, page 201 more example
Because the present bipartite-Hevajratantra contains approximately 750 verses, a 6000 verse, duodecimfid extended tantra is not unthinkable.
1982, Max Nihom, Studies in the Buddhist Tantra
Origin
- Latinduodecemfidus
- Englishduodecimfid
From Latin duodecemfidus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).
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