བྱ་གཏོར

Tibetan

Etymology

བྱ (bya, “bird”) +‎ གཏོར (gtor, “scatter, dispose, destroy”)

Pronunciation

Noun

བྱ་གཏོར • (bya gtor)

  1. sky burial, the traditional Tibetan funeral practice of excarnation

See also

  • རིར་སྐྱེལ (rir skyel)
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