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li =.333mm, pear, bronze, bell metal, apple, SA sli, fire element, 1 of spar kha brgyad [JV]
1) bell metal [alloy], bronze; 2) 1st of the spar kha brgyad; 3) CH li fruit; 4) precious substance/ jewel med.; 5) Khotan; 6) Turkestan; 7) pear [IW]
bronze [RY]
bell-metal, Khotan, khoten, Turkistan; pear [RY]
(med) Technical brass (Yeshi 2018). Skr.: ārakūṭa, paittala (wisdomlib.org)
li yis mig gi skam tshag rngo 'bras 'dul / zhes pa'i li la rgya li bod li gnyis / de re re la'ang dkar dmar gnyis re yod la / rgya gar gi li rdo rang bzhus pa nas li 'byung ba li yul gyi ri las 'byung ba byin rlabs shin tu che ba yin la / punda ri' ka'i zhal snga las / li dkar dkar dangs cung zad ser ba yin / li dmar dmar mdangs cung zad ser ba yin / 'di gnyis li yul ri la thub dbang bzhis / byin gyis brlabs pa las 'ong mchog tu bsngags / zhes pa'i li 'di g.ya' mig la byugs na skam tshag la mchog tu phan la / bod li ni stod kyi gsha' dkar dngul 'dra ba la zangs drug skor bsres pa dang brgyad skor bsres pa la bal po sogs kyis mchod cha byas pa'i li 'di 'dra ba dkar dmar 'byung ba'i me long gi g.yas kyang mig la phan zhing / li de'i bsreg tshug gis rngo 'bras 'dul ba yin // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 110.3)
Technical brass. For brass ore see 'khro, for bronze 'khar ba. The indian terms ārakūṭa and paittala refer to bellmetal, and in particular, to brass.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 08:51, 28 February 2024 (EST)