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A black bead in the margin.
Also known as: Black drop
The Tibetan mark of one or more black dots used to note, count or flag a point in a text.
Flags, counts or annotates a point in a Tibetan text.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Paired against the white drop, rdel dkar, so the two colours form a two-value marginal notation — the same device as a modern highlighter used in two colours, fixed as characters.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
One, two or three solid dots set above or beside the text, filled rather than open.