ཤོ་གམ་

ཤོ་གམ། (Wyl. sho gam ) Pron.: sho gam

• Skt. शुल्कः, śulka, Pron.: shulka. From Sanskrit: price, value, purchase-money | the prize of a contest | toil, tax, duty, customs (•esp. money levied at ferries, passes, and roads) | nuptial gift (•orig. a price given to parents for the purchase of a bride, but in later times bestowed on the wife as her own property together with the profits of household labour, domestic utensils, ornaments), dower, dowry, marriage settlement | wages of prostitution | for | and [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW