lhang tsher
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ལྷང་ཚེར
lang tsher med. mineral [IW]
(med) Mica. Muscovite, Lepidolite (Yeshi 2018).
Synonyms : rdo me long, dngul za byed, a bha ha ra (Yeshi 2018).
Sanskrit : abhraka (Dash 1989)
lhang tsher rma gso dngul 'ching klad par phan / zhes par / rang byung pas / lhang tsher dug nad kun sel byed / ces pa la / rigs bzhi ser dkar dmar [136] nag po / dkar po rdo shel 'dra la dangs shing rma nyen pa shing gro ba'i pags pa ltar phyi nang mang du phye btub pa dngul shog lta bus shel sgo byed rung ba / rgod por 'dul na chur mi 'byor zhing / bsregs na zho ltar chur 'dres pas dkar tshon nyan la / rgod po nas tsam du brdungs la a rag bzang por sbyar nas lpags thang du snag tsha ltar mnyed pas / zhig nas tshon du sbyar na dngul mdag 'byung zhing kha rtsi dang thabs kyis bsgrubs na gser 'gyur rung ba'o // nag po ni / rgyu snga ma 'dra la kha dog nag po rdo la ri mo bris na dmar smug dod pa ste 'di dkon pas rdo gzhan la 'byar ba sogs las cher mi 'byung 'dra / dngul chu btsob bkru na nag po 'di rang dgos gsungs / dngul chu za byed kyi khams brgyad kyi ya ba gcig yin phyir dngul za yang zer / lhang tsher dmar po yang yod pas nag po dang 'dra zhes pa yang mthong // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 135.6)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (31_022) lhang 'tsher
Mica (Potassium aluminium silicate) is the term for a large group of sheet silicates. Muscovite is derived from the term 'Muscovy glass', a sheet mica from the Muscovy province in Russia. Old names are Cat Silver and Lapis Specularis (stone mirror, = rdo me long). Lepidolite is another mineral of the mica groupe (mindat.org).
The indian name abhraka denotes mica, but also talc (wisdomlib.org)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 06:30, 25 February 2024 (EST)