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apple [RY]

apple, tibetan apple, kind of lime, kind of fruit [JV]

apple, kind of lime; med. tree [sweet, sour, body heat neutral, by its power overcoming rgyu ma, long ga 'khrog cing 'khruba etc] [IW]

(med) Apple
Synonym : a mra (Molvray 1988 H)

ku shus rgyu long 'khrog 'khru gzer ba 'joms / zhes pa / 'khrungs dper / ku shu zhes pa bya kham bu'i rigs / sdong po lo ma me tog rnams / kham bu dag dang 'dra ba la 'bras bu kham bu 'dra la che / ro ni mngar la skyur ba yin / rang gi nus pas rgyu nad sel / zhes bzhin las / 'bras bu'i nang rus kham tshigs 'dra ba med la se yab ltar tshigs zhib mang ba yin / 'bras bu'i sha mngar skyur po sogs pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 205.1)

Illustrations : 'Jam-dpal (print p 092)

1. Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. (Rosaceae) cultivated apple (Wangyal 2020)

See also skrag pa shing and 'o se'i 'bras bu for crab apples.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:23, 3 March 2024 (EST)