A small pot filled with lighted charcoal, used to transport fire or (in Kashmir) carried close to the body as a means of keeping warm.
〈印度〉炭火篮(一种装有燃烧木炭的小罐,用于运输火种;在克什米尔则被贴身携带以作保暖之用)
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It was a mob of over hundred Kashmiri men, all of them dressed in pheren and carrying kangris in their hands.
I also pick up two kangris, clay lamps that Kashmiris fill with glowing charcoals and hold against their bodies, inside their feyrans, in the cold of winter.
In Indian Kashmir, people are appealing to relief agencies for more kangris, a traditional form of heater used for centuries in the region when fuel is scarce.
As autumn approaches, truckloads of kangris of all qualities and hues come to the market.
The Pandit women welcomed us; they offered us their kangris to warm up but as they spoke, the bitterness poured out.